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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | Authors Claude Debussy, Edouard Guinand | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
1893: Performed as ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]'' in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Wheeler Company]], with [[Edward Vincent]], [[Helen Rous]], [[Gus Wheatman]], [[Harriet Wood]] and [[Frank Wheeler]]. | 1893: Performed as ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]'' in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Wheeler Company]], with [[Edward Vincent]], [[Helen Rous]], [[Gus Wheatman]], [[Harriet Wood]] and [[Frank Wheeler]]. | ||
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| + | Online facsimile version of the original French text of 1738, published by Ernest et Paul Fièvre, January 2018[http://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/pdf/VOLTAIRE_ENFANTPRODIGUE.pdf] | ||
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| + | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.516[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=Niobe+by+H.+Paulton+and+E.+Paulton&source=bl&ots=UM6HA4q-rm&sig=ACfU3U2Py4dIaZQlJSbIPQsdCrZVPpa6IQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitqLXGj83lAhUSWsAKHRMjD1kQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Niobe%20by%20H.%20Paulton%20and%20E.%20Paulton&f=false] | ||
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| + | J.P. Wearing. 2013.The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KMFnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT47&dq=L%27enfant+prodigue+Claude+Debussy,+Edouard+Guinand&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji79mK1s_lAhXJSxUIHdYVC9UQ6AEISTAE#v=onepage&q=L'enfant%20prodigue%20Claude%20Debussy%2C%20Edouard%20Guinand&f=false]. | ||
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| + | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.395, 431 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | =''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]'' an opera by Claude Debussy (music) and Edouard Guinand (libretto)= | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | First performed in Paris on 27 April, 1884 and in London in | ||
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| + | 1893: Performed as in mimed version as ''[[L'Enfant Prodigue]]'' in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Wheeler Company]], with [[Edward Vincent]], [[Helen Rous]], [[Gus Wheatman]], [[Harriet Wood]] and [[Frank Wheeler]]. | ||
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Revision as of 06:12, 4 November 2019
L'Enfant Prodigue ("The Prodigal Son") is a verse play in five acts by Voltaire (1694-1778)
It was later also published under the title L'enfant Prodigue, ou L'ecole de la Jeunesse
Contents
The original text
First performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Comédie Française on 10 October, 1736. Published in Paris by Prault fils. in 1738.
Translations and adaptations
L'enfant prodigue Authors Claude Debussy, Edouard Guinand
Performance history in South Africa
1893: Performed as L'Enfant Prodigue in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Wheeler Company, with Edward Vincent, Helen Rous, Gus Wheatman, Harriet Wood and Frank Wheeler.
Sources
Online facsimile version of the original French text of 1738, published by Ernest et Paul Fièvre, January 2018[1]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.516[2]
J.P. Wearing. 2013.The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press[3].
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 1932. (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.395, 431
Go to ESAT Bibliography
L'Enfant Prodigue an opera by Claude Debussy (music) and Edouard Guinand (libretto)
The original text
First performed in Paris on 27 April, 1884 and in London in
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1893: Performed as in mimed version as L'Enfant Prodigue in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Wheeler Company, with Edward Vincent, Helen Rous, Gus Wheatman, Harriet Wood and Frank Wheeler.
Sources
Online facsimile version of the original French text of 1738, published by Ernest et Paul Fièvre, January 2018[4]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.516[5]
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 1932. (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.395, 431
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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