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The story - and no doubt the comic opera's success later inspired a film by Ernst Lubitsch called ''[[Die Puppe]]'' (1919). | The story - and no doubt the comic opera's success later inspired a film by Ernst Lubitsch called ''[[Die Puppe]]'' (1919). | ||
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1903: Performed in English (as ''[[La Poupee]]'') in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]]. | 1903: Performed in English (as ''[[La Poupee]]'') in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]]. | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_poup%C3%A9e | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_poup%C3%A9e | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Audran | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Audran | ||
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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]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. | ||
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Revision as of 06:45, 28 July 2019
La Poupée ("The doll") is a French opéra-comique[1], consisting of a prelude and three acts, by Maurice Ordonneau (libretto, 1854–1916)[2] and Edmond Audran (composer, 1840–1901)[3].
Note: The title usually written La poupée in French publications.
Contents
The original text
The play is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's popular short stories called Der Sandmann[4] ("the sandman") and Die Puppe ("The Doll"), first published in an 1817 book of stories titled Die Nachtstücke ("The Night Pieces"), which most famously also served as the source for the ballet Coppélia (1870) and for Act I of Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann[5](1881).
The Ordonneau and Audran comic opera opened at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, on 21 October 1896.
Translations and adaptations
An English libretto in two acts called La Poupee was written by Arthur Sturgess and first played at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London from 24 February 1897, going on to notch up 576 performances. A Broadway production was also done in 1897
The story - and no doubt the comic opera's success later inspired a film by Ernst Lubitsch called Die Puppe (1919).
Performance history in South Africa
1903: Performed in English (as La Poupee) in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Mouillot-De Jong Company.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_poup%C3%A9e
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ordonneau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Audran
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.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants, carnivals and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
