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| − | '''''La Puce à l'oreille''''' ("''A Flea in Her Ear''") [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flea_in_Her_Ear] is a French comedy by Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Feydeau] written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. Extremely popular farce, often done in South Africa.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into English by John Mortimer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mortimer] as '''''A Flea in Her Ear''''' (1966).
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Nerina Ferreira]] as '''''Hond se Gedagte''''' (“Dog’s Idea/Thought”) (1971).
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1968: A translation into English by Samuel Benin directed by [[Albert Ninio]], opening 30 May 1968 in the [[Alexander Theatre]]. Cast: [[Hal Orlandini]], [[Barbara Itzler]], [[Don McCorkindale]], [[Kevin Basel]], [[Mary Harrison]], [[Shelagh Holliday]], [[John McKelvey]], [[James White]], [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[Brenda Kerry-Osrin]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Margaret Fry]], [[Wilfred Cosgrove]], [[Max Angorn]].
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| − | 1971: [[Nerina Ferreira]]'s [[Afrikaans]] translation ''Hond se Gedagte'' was produced at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] to alternate with [[Koning Lear]] for the opening of the theatre in June 1971. Directed by [[Dieter Reible]], starring [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Trudi du Plessis]], [[David Haynes]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Sandra Kotzé]], [[Pieter Joubert]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[Gay Morris]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Nerina Ferreira]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[Price Coetzee]]. Stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]]. The production returned to the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] for a fourth season on 18 December 1975 with some changes to the cast.
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| − | 1973: ''Hond se Gedagte'' was staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Carel Trichardt]], with [[Cobus Visser]] (Camille), [[Karin van Wyk]] (Antoinette), [[Henk Hugo]] (Etienne), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Dr. Finache), [[Trudi du Plessis]] (Lucienne), [[Petru Wessels]] (Raymonde), [[Pieter Joubert]] (Victor Emmanuel & Poche), [[Pietro Nolte]] (Romain), [[Anton Welman]] (Carlos), [[Estelle de Waal]] (Eugenie), [[Raymond Davies]] (Augustine), [[Trudie Taljaard]] (Olympe), [[George Barnes]] (Baptistin) and [[Price Coetzee]] (Herr Schwarz).
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| − | 1978: In line with their political stance, [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) did a multiracial version of ''A Flea in Her Ear'', directed and lit by [[Brian Astbury]] starring [[Peter Basford]], [[Charles Comyn]], [[Bill Curry]], [[John Dennison]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Errol Hart]], [[Margaret Keegan]], [[Mzwandile Ngxangane]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Michael O'Brien]], [[Rodney Pienaar]], [[John Ramsdale]], [[Clare Stopford]], [[Corinne Willoughby]]. Designer [[Maciek Miszewski]].
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| − | 1981: ''Hond se Gedagte'' was staged by [[PACT]] in the [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Carel Trichardt]], with [[Pierre van Pletzen]] (Camille), [[Amor Tredoux]] (Antoinette), [[William Egan]] (Etienne), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Dr. Finache), [[Rika Sennett]] (Lucienne), [[Petru Wessels]] (Raymonde), [[Marius Weyers]] (Victor Emmanuel & Poche), [[Don Lamprecht]] (Romain), [[Nico Liebenberg]] (Carlos), [[Riana Wilkens]] (Eugenie), [[Tobie Cronje]] (Augustine), [[Alida Theron]] (Olympe), [[Johan Blignaut]] (Baptistin), [[Schalk Schoombie]] (Herr Schwarz) and [[Rita Ehlers]] (Fraülein Weissglück). Decor by [[Richard Cook]] and costumes by [[Tom Owen]].
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| − | 1981: ''Hond se Gedagte'' was staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Sandra Kotze]], with [[Pieter Brand]] (Camille), [[Heloise Krynauw]] (Antoinette), [[Kym Thorburn]] (Etienne), [[Schalk Jacobsz]] (Dr. Finache), [[Antoinette Kellermann]] (Lucienne), [[Ronel Kriel]] (Raymonde), [[Johan Malherbe]] (Victor Emmanuel & Poche), [[Henry Mylne]] (Romain), [[Anton Welman]] (Carlos), [[Libby Daniels]] (Eugenie), [[Willem Vermaas]] (Augustine), [[Francesca Bantock]] (Olympe), [[Johan Brewis]] (Baptistin) and [[Hugo Taljaard]] (Herr Schwarz).
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| − | 1988: ''Hond se Gedagte'' presented by [[CAPAB]], directed by [[Sandra Kotzé]], opening 19 December at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], with [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Antoinette Kellermann]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Fiona Coyne]], [[Gustav Geldenhuys]], [[Ronel Kriel]], [[André Roothman]], [[Elma van Wijk]], [[Joey de Koker]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Willie Fritz]] and [[Mark Hoeben]]. Costumes by [[Dicky Longhurst]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Original decor design by [[Roy Cooke]] rebuilt under the supervision of [[Pieter de Swardt]].
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| − | 1988: Presented by The Drama, The [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, directed by [[Dieter Reible]], on 3 - 31 December 1988.
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| − | 2016: Presented at the [[Woordfees]] 2016 [http://www.sun.ac.za/english/woordfees/Pages/Programme_Search.aspx?k=hond%20se%20gedagte] directed by [[Christiaan Olwagen]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flea_in_Her_Ear]
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| − | ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1), 1968.
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| − | [[PACOFS]] theatre programme, 1973.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
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| − | [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1981.
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| − | [[PACT]] pamphlet June 1981.
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| − | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
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| − | [[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. P 75.
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| − | ''Hond se Gedagte'' ([[CAPAB]]) theatre programme, 1988.
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