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("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A comedy "à la Commedia dell'Arte" by Molière. His first play, some authors[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm]
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("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A one-act comedy by Molière,  with 16 scenes and seven characters, "à la Commedia dell'Arte". His first play, some authors[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm]
 
suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659. Only printed for the first time in 1819.  
 
suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659. Only printed for the first time in 1819.  
  
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Parts of it were reproduced in 'L'Amour Médecin,' and 'Le Médecin malgré lui.'.
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Parts of it were reproduced in ''[[L'Amour Médecin]]'', and ''[[Le Médecin malgré lui]]''.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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Possibly translated into [[Dutch]] in 1834 (by [[C.E. Boniface]]?)  as ''[[De Wonder Doctor]]'', ''[[De Wonderdoctor]]'' or ''[[De Wonder Docter]]'', though there are a number of uncertainties about Boniface's play.  For example the name is written in a number of ways, for example in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928 pp. 255, 322 and 444) it appears variously as  ''[[De Wonder Doctor]]'', ''[[De Wonderdoctor]]''  and ''[[De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui]]''. Whether this was the way it appeared in Bosman's sources, and/or if this was sloppiness by Boniface (or the companies performing the work), or by Bosman himself, is uncertain.
 
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In addition, while it does appear that the original French source play was possibly  ''[[Le Médecin volant]]'', the title given by Bosman op page 444 suggests that it may actually have been the later version which Boniface used. The confusion might have arisen because of the links between the two plays, as suggested above.   
 
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'''See ''[[Le Médecin volant]]'' and ''[[Le Médecin Malgré Lui]]'''''
 
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[[Dutch]] translation as ''De vliegende dokter''.  
 
[[Dutch]] translation as ''De vliegende dokter''.  
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Produced [[Vlyt en Kunst]] as ''[[De Wonder Doctor|De Wonderdoctor]]'' in Cape Town on 24 May 1834, as an afterpiece to ''[[Robert Maxwell, fo De Offerdood]]'' (Kotzebue), with ''[[De Gekwetste Reputatie, of Het Komedielootjie]]'' (Boniface) as interlude.
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Produced  as ''[[De Wonder Doctor]]'' on 4 June 1836 in Stellenbosch by [[Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], as afterpiece to ''[[Der Ring|De Ring]]'' (Schröder).
 
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Produced  as ''[[De Wonderdocter|De Wonder Docter, of ]]'' on 4 June 1836 in Stellenbosch by [[Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], as afterpiece to ''[[Der Ring|De Ring]]'' (Schröder).
 
  
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== Sources ==
 
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm
  

Latest revision as of 07:10, 6 June 2014

("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A one-act comedy by Molière, with 16 scenes and seven characters, "à la Commedia dell'Arte". His first play, some authors[1] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[2] suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659. Only printed for the first time in 1819.

Parts of it were reproduced in L'Amour Médecin, and Le Médecin malgré lui.

Translations and adaptations

English

Translated as The Flying Doctor or The Fleet-footed Doctor in English.


Dutch

Dutch translation as De vliegende dokter. by Henriette Albach-Tielrooy (2001), Arnold Sandhaus (2011)

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant


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