Difference between revisions of "Le Gendre de M. Poirier"
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| − | ''[[Le Gendre de M. Poirier]]'' is a | + | ''[[Le Gendre de M. Poirier]]'' ("Monsieur Poirier's son-in-law") is a comedy in four acts by Émile Augier (1820–1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Augier] and Jules Sandeau (1811–1883)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau] |
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| + | The play is sometimes wrongly ascribed to Augier alone. | ||
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | Written in 1854, the theme broadly based on Sandeau's novel ''Sacs et Parchemins'' (1850), this was a popular play about moral values and an arranged marriage based on commercial concerns, and the ultimate triumph of love. | ||
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| + | First performed on 8 April, 1854 in the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique in Paris, it would become Augier's most love work and a standard play for the Théâtre-Française. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Skoonseun van Mnr. Poirier]]''''' by [[D.F. Malherbe]] (1881-1969). | + | |
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| + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Skoonseun van Mnr. Poirier]]''''' by [[D.F. Malherbe]] (1881-1969). | ||
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| + | The play was the source and title of Marcel Pagnol's first film , distributed in 1933. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau | ||
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| + | John Gassner and Edward Quinn. 2002. ''The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama''. Courier Corporation, p. 37[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oPOQf26l-PEC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Le+Gendre+de+M.+Poirier+is+a+play+by+Emile+Augier+and+Jules+Sandeau&source=bl&ots=Q5B1MNPTR2&sig=l1Xyu3S2y6jsMoxkycmTkjMHF4E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK65rW_4DYAhXiLMAKHSxAB2sQ6AEIUTAI#v=onepage&q=Le%20Gendre%20de%20M.%20Poirier%20is%20a%20play%20by%20Emile%20Augier%20and%20Jules%20Sandeau&f=false] | ||
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| + | https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.F._Malherbe | ||
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| + | [[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0015.php], pp. 162 | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:02, 11 December 2017
Le Gendre de M. Poirier ("Monsieur Poirier's son-in-law") is a comedy in four acts by Émile Augier (1820–1889)[1] and Jules Sandeau (1811–1883)[2]
The play is sometimes wrongly ascribed to Augier alone.
Contents
The original text
Written in 1854, the theme broadly based on Sandeau's novel Sacs et Parchemins (1850), this was a popular play about moral values and an arranged marriage based on commercial concerns, and the ultimate triumph of love.
First performed on 8 April, 1854 in the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique in Paris, it would become Augier's most love work and a standard play for the Théâtre-Française.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Skoonseun van Mnr. Poirier by D.F. Malherbe (1881-1969).
The play was the source and title of Marcel Pagnol's first film , distributed in 1933.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Augier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau
John Gassner and Edward Quinn. 2002. The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. Courier Corporation, p. 37[3]
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.F._Malherbe
J.C. Kannemeyer 1978. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[4], pp. 162
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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