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| − | first staged at the Comédie-Française in 1930 | + | Written in 1928, it was first staged at the Comédie-Française in 1930. |
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| + | Set in Paris, it is a play about a woman who is on the phone with her lover of the last five years. He is to marry another woman the next day, which causes her to despair. The monologue triggers the woman's crippling depression. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Translated into English as ''[[The Human Voice]]'' | Translated into English as ''[[The Human Voice]]'' | ||
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| + | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Menselijke Stem]]'' (inter alia by Marcel Sijm)[https://www.alliance-francaise.nl/gfx/101/File/LaVoix_De_Tekst%20(2).pdf] | ||
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Stem van die Mens]]'' | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Stem van die Mens]]'' | ||
| − | ==Sources== | + | == Performance history in South Africa == |
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| + | 1976 [[Ruth Oppenheim]] appeared in ''[[The Human Voice]]'' at the [[Pieter Roos Teater]] in Johannesburg. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Voice | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Voice | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau | ||
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| + | https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220126_93665579 | ||
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| + | https://www.alliance-francaise.nl/gfx/101/File/LaVoix_De_Tekst%20(2).pdf | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Films]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 18 November 2024
La voix humaine ("The Human Voice") is a French monodrama by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)[1]
BEING WRITTEN
Contents
The original text
Written in 1928, it was first staged at the Comédie-Française in 1930.
Set in Paris, it is a play about a woman who is on the phone with her lover of the last five years. He is to marry another woman the next day, which causes her to despair. The monologue triggers the woman's crippling depression.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Human Voice
Translated into Dutch as De Menselijke Stem (inter alia by Marcel Sijm)[2]
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Stem van die Mens
Performance history in South Africa
1976 Ruth Oppenheim appeared in The Human Voice at the Pieter Roos Teater in Johannesburg.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Voice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220126_93665579
https://www.alliance-francaise.nl/gfx/101/File/LaVoix_De_Tekst%20(2).pdf
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to South_African_Films
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to South African Radio Plays and Serials
Return to South African Television Plays and Series
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
