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| − | 1862: Performed as ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 29 December by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company, with ''[[Paul Pry]]'' (Brough and Halliday). The evening was a benefit for [[Mr Raymond]]. [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p.137) claims that this was the very first performance of ''[[Faust]]'' in South Africa. | + | 1862: Performed as ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 29 December by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company, with ''[[Paul Pry]]'' (Brough and Halliday). The evening was a benefit for [[Mr Raymond]]. [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p.137) claims that this was the very first performance of any verion of ''[[Faust]]'' in South Africa. |
1875: Performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 17 July as ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[The Area Belle]]'' (Brough and Halliday). | 1875: Performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 17 July as ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[The Area Belle]]'' (Brough and Halliday). | ||
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Faust et Marguerite is a "drame fantastique" in three acts and 4 tableaux, by Michel Carré (1819-1872)[1] and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)[2]
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The original text
Written by Carré and loosely based on Goethe's Faust, the play was first performed and published in Paris, 1850(?).
Translations and adaptations
Adapted and translated into English as Faust and Marguerite, romantic drama in three acts, by T. W. Robertson (1829-1871)[3]. Published in London by Samuel French, [187-?]), and was first played at the Princess's Theatre, London, in April, 1854
The play formed the basis for Gounod's opera Faust, for which Carré also wrote the libretto with Jules Barbier in 1859.
Robertson's translation may have been the play that, at least according to D.C. Boonzaier (1923), was performed in South Africa as A Deal with the Devil. Boonzaier lists it as an anonymous play, but F.C.L. Bosman, (1980: p. 434), citing Boonzaier, credits T.W. Robertson.
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Faust and Marguerite in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 29 December by Clara Tellett and her company, with Paul Pry (Brough and Halliday). The evening was a benefit for Mr Raymond. F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p.137) claims that this was the very first performance of any verion of Faust in South Africa.
1875: Performed in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 July as Faust and Marguerite by Disney Roebuck and his company, with The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).
1910: A play called A Deal with the Devil was performed in Cape Town towards the end of the year by the De Jong-Black Company.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Carr%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 133, 137, 192, 325, 328, 434
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