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The play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide. | The play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide. | ||
| − | First performed and published by Crès on Paris, France, 1921 | + | First performed and published by Crès on Paris, France, 1921. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 17:30, 21 May 2020
Les Ratés ("The failures") is a French play in fourteen scenes by Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951)[1]
Contents
The original text
The play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide.
First performed and published by Crès on Paris, France, 1921.
Translations and adaptations
Translated as The Failures (or Failures) by Winifred Katzin (1894-1994) and published by Knopf, 1923
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Rene-Lenormand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Ren%C3%A9_Lenormand
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
D.C. Boonzaier. 1980. "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. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica
Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.
Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
J.C. Kannemeyer. 1983. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[3]: pp.
Loren Kruger 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
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