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| − | ''[[The Ironmaster]]'', an English adaptation of the play by Arthur Wing Pinero ()[], was first staged in 1884. The Pinero version was likewise popular and frequently revived during the following decade. | + | '''''[[The Ironmaster]]''''', an English adaptation of the play by Arthur Wing Pinero ()[], was first staged in 1884. The Pinero version was likewise popular and frequently revived during the following decade. |
A number of film adaptations of the story were done over the years, e.g. in 1912, 1933, 1948, and 1959. | A number of film adaptations of the story were done over the years, e.g. in 1912, 1933, 1948, and 1959. | ||
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Le Maître des Forges (lit. "the master of the forge") is a play by Georges Ohnet (1848-1918)[1].
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The original text
Based on Ohnet's own novel called Le Maître des Forges, which was published in 1882, the stage adaptation was done by Ohnet himself. It premiered at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in 1883, and became very popular, receiving more than 271 performances in a few months.
Translations and adaptations
The Ironmaster, an English adaptation of the play by Arthur Wing Pinero ()[], was first staged in 1884. The Pinero version was likewise popular and frequently revived during the following decade.
A number of film adaptations of the story were done over the years, e.g. in 1912, 1933, 1948, and 1959.
Performance history in South Africa
1886: The Ironmaster performed in English as part of a short season of eleven plays put on by a company brought to the Opera House, Cape Town, by Madame Pearmain, from November onwards.
1907: The Ironmaster performed in English as part of a short and apparently unsuccessful, season put on by Mrs Cora Brown-Potter (1857–1936)[2] and her company in the Opera House, Cape Town, under the management of The Wheelers, beginning in June and lasting little over a month.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironmaster_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ohnet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironmaster_(1933_film)
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. 383, 427
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