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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 8 August 2019
Fedora is a farce by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908)[1].
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The play dealt with nihilism, Fédora was written expressly for Sarah Bernhardt and was first produced in Paris in 1882
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.325
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