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''[[Dialogues des Carmélites]]'' (" Dialogues of the Carmelites") is a play by George Bernanos (1888-1948)[].  
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''[[Dialogues des Carmélites]]'' ("Dialogues of the Carmelites") is a play by George Bernanos (1888-1948)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos].  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
The play is based on a film scenario which Bernanos had made of a story by Gertrude von Le Fort, portraying the sufferings and ultimate death on the guillotine of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. Published posthumously in French as a drama in 1949.
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The play is based on a 1947 film scenario which Bernanos had made of a story by Gertrude von Le Fort[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_von_Le_Fort], portraying the sufferings and ultimate death on the guillotine of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. Published posthumously in French as a drama in 1949.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
The text of the play was translated into English as '''''[[The Chosen of God]]''''' by [[Donald Inskip]] in 1955
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Translated into English a few times, e.g. as ''[[The Fearless Heart]]'' and ''[[The Carmelites]]'', as well as '''''[[The Chosen of God]]''''' by [[Donald Inskip]] in 1955.
  
 
The play forms the basis of ''[[Dialogues des Carmélites]]'', an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956.
 
The play forms the basis of ''[[Dialogues des Carmélites]]'', an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956.
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Filmed in 1960 as '''''[[Le Dialogue des Carmélites]]'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_with_the_Carmelites]
 
Filmed in 1960 as '''''[[Le Dialogue des Carmélites]]'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_with_the_Carmelites]
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Performance history of the play in South Africa ==
  
1955: Produced as ''[[The Chosen of God]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, by students of the School of Speech and Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]],  directed by [[Fred Engelen]].  
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1955: Produced as ''[[The Chosen of God]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, by students of the School of Speech and Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]],  directed by [[Fred Engelen]].
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== Performance history of the Poulenc opera in South Africa ==
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1998: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (5–11 October)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.142.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos
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[[Donald Inskip|Inskip, Donald P.]] 1972. ''Forty [[Little Theatre|Little]] Years: The Story of a Theatre''.  Cape Town: [[Howard Timmins]]: p.142.
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[[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 17:11, 17 February 2024

Dialogues des Carmélites ("Dialogues of the Carmelites") is a play by George Bernanos (1888-1948)[1].

The original text

The play is based on a 1947 film scenario which Bernanos had made of a story by Gertrude von Le Fort[2], portraying the sufferings and ultimate death on the guillotine of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. Published posthumously in French as a drama in 1949.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English a few times, e.g. as The Fearless Heart and The Carmelites, as well as The Chosen of God by Donald Inskip in 1955.

The play forms the basis of Dialogues des Carmélites, an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956.

Filmed in 1960 as Le Dialogue des Carmélites[3]

Performance history of the play in South Africa

1955: Produced as The Chosen of God at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, by students of the School of Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town, directed by Fred Engelen.

Performance history of the Poulenc opera in South Africa

1998: Presented by CAPAB Opera (5–11 October)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos

Inskip, Donald P. 1972. Forty Little Years: The Story of a Theatre. Cape Town: Howard Timmins: p.142.

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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