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| − | The play dealt with nihilism, Fédora was written expressly for Sarah Bernhardt and was first produced in Paris | + | The play dealt with nihilism, Fédora was written expressly for Sarah Bernhardt and was first produced in Paris at the Theatre du Vaudeville on December 11, 1882 |
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | Translated into English by Herman Merivale, and performed in 1883. | ||
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| + | Adapted by Umberto Giordano as an opera also entitled ''[[Fedora]]''. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1884-5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s first season as lessee and manager of the venue. | 1884-5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s first season as lessee and manager of the venue. | ||
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| + | 1901: Produced in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September by the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] with American actress [[Nance O'Neill]] in the leading role. | ||
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| + | 1902: Produced again in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] by the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] during February, once more with [[Nance O'Neill]] in the lead. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorien_Sardou | ||
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| + | Transcript of ''Sardou and the Sardou plays'', the [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027325772/cu31924027325772_djvu.txt] | ||
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Latest revision as of 06:33, 24 April 2021
Fedora is a farce by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908)[1].
Contents
The original text
The play dealt with nihilism, Fédora was written expressly for Sarah Bernhardt and was first produced in Paris at the Theatre du Vaudeville on December 11, 1882
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Herman Merivale, and performed in 1883.
Adapted by Umberto Giordano as an opera also entitled Fedora.
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
1901: Produced in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, during September by the Wheeler Theatre Company with American actress Nance O'Neill in the leading role.
1902: Produced again in the Good Hope Theatre by the Wheeler Theatre Company during February, once more with Nance O'Neill in the lead.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorien_Sardou
Transcript of Sardou and the Sardou plays, the The Internet Archive[2]
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 1923. (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.325
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