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According to [[Bernt Lindfors]] (2011: pp. 311-312), this play should not be confused with ''[[The Bengal Tiger]]'' by Charles Dance (Leipzig: Julius Wunder, 1838), a one-act farce about a rich stingy uncle from India.  
 
According to [[Bernt Lindfors]] (2011: pp. 311-312), this play should not be confused with ''[[The Bengal Tiger]]'' by Charles Dance (Leipzig: Julius Wunder, 1838), a one-act farce about a rich stingy uncle from India.  
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==The original text==
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The Bengal tiger : a farce in one act / by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. First performed on 16 December, 1837.
 
The Bengal tiger : a farce in one act / by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. First performed on 16 December, 1837.
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First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de la Montansier on 12 September, 1849. Published in Paris by Beck, 1849 and in Brussels by Lelong, 1849.  
 
First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de la Montansier on 12 September, 1849. Published in Paris by Beck, 1849 and in Brussels by Lelong, 1849.  
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Bengaalse Tijger]]'' ("The Bengal tiger")  by
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Bengaalse Tijger]]'' ("The Bengal tiger")  by
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1893: Performed as one of seven plays done in the [[President Theatre]], Pretoria, by [[Onze Taal]] in this year, most probably directed by [[Dirk Balfoort]].
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== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1837 text of ''The Bengal Tiger'' by Dance, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035135352;view=1up;seq=5]
 
Facsimile version of the 1837 text of ''The Bengal Tiger'' by Dance, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035135352;view=1up;seq=5]
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[[Bernth Lindfors]]. 2011. ''Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855'', Boydell & Brewer[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y_8wBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA311&lpg=PA311&dq=Un+Tigre+du+Bengale+par+%C3%89douard+Brisebarre&source=bl&ots=4S12RbaanU&sig=bpeeVDJgNJ63D4WI2CvGh8RpjEY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhqoC29a7aAhUqDcAKHW5JDe44ChDoAQg3MAM#v=onepage&q=Un%20Tigre%20du%20Bengale%20par%20%C3%89douard%20Brisebarre&f=false]
 
[[Bernth Lindfors]]. 2011. ''Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855'', Boydell & Brewer[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y_8wBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA311&lpg=PA311&dq=Un+Tigre+du+Bengale+par+%C3%89douard+Brisebarre&source=bl&ots=4S12RbaanU&sig=bpeeVDJgNJ63D4WI2CvGh8RpjEY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhqoC29a7aAhUqDcAKHW5JDe44ChDoAQg3MAM#v=onepage&q=Un%20Tigre%20du%20Bengale%20par%20%C3%89douard%20Brisebarre&f=false]
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[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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[[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.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
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[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
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[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
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[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 
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[[Sydney Paul Gosher]].  1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
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[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
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[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
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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_0012.php], pp.
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[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
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[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
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[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
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[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
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[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
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[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
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[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
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[[J.A. Worp]]. 1972. ''Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland''. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
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Joris Baers (1888-1975): ''Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een''[http://doczz.nl/doc/783/joris-baers--1888-1975---algemeene-tooneelbibliotheek-een]
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http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Revision as of 08:51, 10 April 2018

Un Tigre du Bengale ("A tiger from Bengal") is a one act "comédie vaudeville" (or "comédie mêlée de chants") by Édouard Brisebarre (1815-1871)[1] and Marc-Michel (1812-1868)[2].

According to Bernt Lindfors (2011: pp. 311-312), this play should not be confused with The Bengal Tiger by Charles Dance (Leipzig: Julius Wunder, 1838), a one-act farce about a rich stingy uncle from India.

The original text

The Bengal tiger : a farce in one act / by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[3]. First performed on 16 December, 1837. London : J. Dicks, [1837?] No 366./The Bengal Tiger: A Farce in One Act Issue 366 of Dicks' standard plays · Volume 15 of Modern english comic theatre. Author, Charles Dance. Publisher, J. Dicks, 1838


First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de la Montansier on 12 September, 1849. Published in Paris by Beck, 1849 and in Brussels by Lelong, 1849.


Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Bengaalse Tijger ("The Bengal tiger") by


Performance history in South Africa

1893: Performed as one of seven plays done in the President Theatre, Pretoria, by Onze Taal in this year, most probably directed by Dirk Balfoort.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1837 text of The Bengal Tiger by Dance, Hathi Trust Digital Library[4]

https://www.amazon.fr/Bengale-Brisebarre-Marc-Michel-Montansier-septembre/dp/B001CF051G

Facsimile version of the Lelong text, Google E-book[5]

Bernth Lindfors. 2011. Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855, Boydell & Brewer[6]

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

Conradie, Elizabeth. 1934. Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie. Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy and Cape Town H.A.U.M..[8]

Conradie, Elizabeth, 1949. Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie. Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy and Cape Town H.A.U.M..[9]

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.

Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

Temple Hauptfleisch. 1997. Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror. Pretoria: Van Schaik[10]: pp.

Peter Joyce. 1999. A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.

J.C. Kannemeyer 1978. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[11], pp.

J.C. Kannemeyer. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[12]: pp.

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[13]

Loren Kruger 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge


P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.

Anna Minnaar-Vos 1969. Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van Hendrik en Mathilde Hanekom. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.

Brian Astbury. 1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.


Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[14]

J.A. Worp. 1972. Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[15]

Joris Baers (1888-1975): Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een[16]

http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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