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Revision as of 06:28, 23 April 2018
Une Existence Décolorée is a French one-act "comédie-vaudeville" by M.A. Lefranc ()[].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, on 7 November, 1847 and published by Beck, Paris, in 1847.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English from the French as A Blighted Being is a farce in one act by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1]. The play was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 16 November, 1854. Published by T.H. Lacy, 1854 and as Issue 244 of French's minor drama.
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed in English as A Blighted Being by the Sefton Parry company on 3 January, with The Babes in the Wood, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle! (Taylor).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1847 French edition by Beck, Google E-book[2]
Facsimile version of the 1854 English edition by Lacy, The Internet Archive[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_Blighted_Being.html?id=40DQswEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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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