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| − | ''[[L'Aigle à Deux Têtes]]'' ("The eagle has two heads") is play in three acts by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau].
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| − | A play about Ludwig II of Bavaria and Queen Elisabeth of Austria. Written in 1943 and performed for the first time on the 21st December, 1946, in the Théâtre Hébertot in Paris. Published by Gallimard , 1946.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | Cocteau made a film of his play in 1948, using the main actors from the original French stage production. It was later filmed again.
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Eagle Has Two Heads]]'' by Ronald Duncan, who called his version as an "adaptation". Cocteau called the adaptation "preposterous". The Duncan English version was first performed at the Lyric Hammersmith in London on 4 September 1946, and then a new version (initially called ''Eagle Rampant'') previewed at New York’s Plymouth Theatre in December 1946, then opened on 19 March 1947 in the same theatre with Tallulah Bankhead, but flopped.
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| − | Also known in English as The ''Eagle with Two Heads'', ''The Two-Headed Eagle'' and ''The Double-Headed Eagle''.
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| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Dubbele Adelaar]]'' ("The double eagle"; performed by the Nationaal Toneel van Belgïe in Antwerp in 1947 and in De Vlaamse Schouwburg, Brussels, on 3 December, 1949) and into German as ''[[Der Doppeladler]]'' (first performed in the Deutschen Schauspielhaus, Hamburg on 26 August, 1948).
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Dubbele Adelaar]]'' ("The double eagle") by [[Jo Gevers]] and [[Annatjie Vorster|A.E. Vorster]], most probably from the [[Dutch]] version.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1949: First performed in English as ''[[The Eagle Has Two Heads]]'' in South Africa by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in the [[Library Theatre]] in 1949 starring [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Leon Gluckman]], with [[Percy Tucker]] working backstage.
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| − | 1952: Performed in English as ''[[The Eagle Has Two Heads]]'' at the [[Labia Theatre]], Cape Town, starring [[June Range]] as Queen Elizabeth of Austria.
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| − | 1968: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Dubbele Adelaar]]'' by [[PACOFS|SUKOVS]], for opening of the Bloemfontein [[Civic Theatre]] ([[Stadskouburg]]) on 24 April. Directed by [[Jo Gevers]] with [[Rentia Human]], [[Maryann Johnston]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[George Barnes]] and [[Paul Eilers]].
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| − | 1969: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Dubbele Adelaar]]'' by [[PEAAT]] in Port Elizabeth, directed by [[Danie Burger]] with
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Aigle_%C3%A0_deux_t%C3%AAtes
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau
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| − | "Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963)", the IdRef website[http://www.idref.fr/026792680]
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| − | ''[[Trek]]'', 16(3):20. March 1952.
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| − | Facsimile version of ''Het Volksbelang'', Zaterdag 26 November 1949, ''Liberaal Archief, Gent''[ftp://digitaal.liberaalarchief.be/Periodieken/Volksbelang/1945-1949/1949/1949-11%20(wekelijks4)/Volksbelang%20-%201949-%2011%20(wekelijks%204).pdf]
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| − | "Cocteau's Doppeladler", review 26 August 1948: ''Zeit Online''[http://www.zeit.de/1948/35/cocteaus-doppeladler]
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| − | [[Teater SA]], 1(1), 1968;
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| − | [[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
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