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''[[La Cigale]]'' ("The grasshopper") is a French comedy in three acts by Henri Meilhac (1830–1897)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac] and Ludovic Halevy  (1834–1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy].  
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''[[La Cigale]]'' ("The cicada") is a French comedy in three acts by Henri Meilhac (1830–1897)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac] and Ludovic Halevy  (1834–1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy].  
  
First performed in French at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris, 6 October, 1877. Apparently Degas collaborated as scene painter on the production.
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==The original text==
  
Translated into English and adapted as ''[[The Grasshopper]]'' by John Hollingshead and performed at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in 1877.  
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First performed in French at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris, 6 October, 1877. Apparently  Halévy's friend Edgar Degas collaborated on the production.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
Published again by the British Library, Historical Print Editions (February 15, 2011)[https://www.amazon.com/Grasshopper-comic-Translated-French-Cigale/dp/1241057796]
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Translated into English and adapted as ''[[The Grasshopper]]'' by John Hollingshead and performed at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in 1877.
  
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The original was re-published by the British Library, Historical Print Editions (February 15, 2011)[https://www.amazon.com/Grasshopper-comic-Translated-French-Cigale/dp/1241057796]
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac
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Theodore Reff. 1970. "Degas and the Literature of His Time" - II.  ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 112, No. 811 (October), pp. 674+677-688.
 
Theodore Reff. 1970. "Degas and the Literature of His Time" - II.  ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 112, No. 811 (October), pp. 674+677-688.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 398.
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Revision as of 05:40, 18 April 2019

La Cigale ("The cicada") is a French comedy in three acts by Henri Meilhac (1830–1897)[1] and Ludovic Halevy (1834–1908)[2].

The original text

First performed in French at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris, 6 October, 1877. Apparently Halévy's friend Edgar Degas collaborated on the production.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English and adapted as The Grasshopper by John Hollingshead and performed at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in 1877.

The original was re-published by the British Library, Historical Print Editions (February 15, 2011)[3]

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy

https://www.amazon.com/Grasshopper-comic-Translated-French-Cigale/dp/1241057796

Anna Gruetzner Robins (Ed.). 2000. Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art. Oxford University Press: P. 11, footnote 1. [4]

Theodore Reff. 1970. "Degas and the Literature of His Time" - II. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 112, No. 811 (October), pp. 674+677-688.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 398.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

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Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants, carnivals and public performances

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