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A French play in five acts by Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740 – 1814).
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''[[Le Deserteur]]'' is a French play in five acts by Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740 – 1814)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-S%C3%A9bastien_Mercier].
  
First produced in Brest 23 January, 1771 by M. Patrat. Published in Lyon in 1717.  
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Not to be confused with '''''[[Der Deserteur]]''''',  a German farce in one act by August von Kotzebue or the [[Dutch]] version (''[[De Deserteur]]'')  by J.S. van Esveldt-Holtrop(based on the German version).
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==The original play ==
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First produced in Brest 23 January, 1771 by M. Patrat. Published in Lyon in 1717 by Castaud.  
  
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
  
Translated and adapted into English as a prose play in three acts by Charles Kemble (1775–1854).
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Translated and adapted into English as ''[[The Point of Honour]]'', a prose play in three acts by Charles Kemble (1775–1854).  
 
 
First performed in English at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1808, and published by Longman et al, London in 1808.  
 
  
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First performed in English at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1808, and published by Longman et al, London in 1808.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1822: Performed in the Kemble English version by the [[Garrison Players]] on 14 September 1822 in the [[African Theatre]], with the burlesque ''[[Amoroso, King of Little Britain]]'' (Planché))  and ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Wm Macready)
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1822: Performed in the Kemble English version by the [[Garrison Players]] on 14 September 1822 in the [[African Theatre]], with the burlesque ''[[Amoroso, King of Little Britain]]'' (Planché)  and ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Wm Macready)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of 1717 French text, the Digital Archive[https://archive.org/details/ledserteurdrame00mercgoog]
 
Facsimile version of 1717 French text, the Digital Archive[https://archive.org/details/ledserteurdrame00mercgoog]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-S%C3%A9bastien_Mercier
  
 
Digital facsimile version of 1808 text (A Google E-Book)[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=EGVVAAAAcAAJ&dq=The+Point+of+Honour+by+Kemble&source=gbs_navlinks_s]  
 
Digital facsimile version of 1808 text (A Google E-Book)[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=EGVVAAAAcAAJ&dq=The+Point+of+Honour+by+Kemble&source=gbs_navlinks_s]  
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Kemble, Charles (DNB00) in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kemble,_Charles_(DNB00)]
 
Kemble, Charles (DNB00) in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kemble,_Charles_(DNB00)]
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p.182,
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.182, 191
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]
 
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See [[The Point of Honour]]
 

Latest revision as of 08:03, 2 February 2017

Le Deserteur is a French play in five acts by Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740 – 1814)[1].

Not to be confused with Der Deserteur, a German farce in one act by August von Kotzebue or the Dutch version (De Deserteur) by J.S. van Esveldt-Holtrop(based on the German version).

The original play

First produced in Brest 23 January, 1771 by M. Patrat. Published in Lyon in 1717 by Castaud.

Translations and adaptations

Translated and adapted into English as The Point of Honour, a prose play in three acts by Charles Kemble (1775–1854).

First performed in English at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1808, and published by Longman et al, London in 1808.

Performance history in South Africa

1822: Performed in the Kemble English version by the Garrison Players on 14 September 1822 in the African Theatre, with the burlesque Amoroso, King of Little Britain (Planché) and The Irishman in London (Wm Macready)

Sources

Facsimile version of 1717 French text, the Digital Archive[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-S%C3%A9bastien_Mercier

Digital facsimile version of 1808 text (A Google E-Book)[3]

Kemble, Charles (DNB00) in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 [4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: p.182,

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page