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| − | Besides many other theatrical works based on ''Ivanhoe'', there were a number of English versions of Mosenthal's play. | + | Besides many other theatrical works based on ''Ivanhoe'', there were a number of English, French and Italian versions of Mosenthal's play. |
| − | The best known is '''''[[Leah, the Forsaken]]''''' by Augustin Daly (1838-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Daly], which was the first English version. Originally performed in New York in 1862, followed by a run in the Adelphi Theatre, London during 1863-4, it became immensely popular. (Also found as '''''[[Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs]]''''' or simply '''''[[Leah]]'''''). | + | The best known in English is '''''[[Leah, the Forsaken]]''''' by Augustin Daly (1838-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Daly], which was the first English version. Originally performed in New York in 1862, followed by a run in the Adelphi Theatre, London during 1863-4, it became immensely popular. (Also found as '''''[[Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs]]''''' or simply '''''[[Leah]]'''''). |
| − | Two other versions of the Mosenthal play opened in 1864: '''''[[Deborah, or The Jewish Outcast]]''''', written by an unnamed author, opened at the Grecian Theatre, Hoxton, in February while '''''[[Deborah, the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrong!]]''''' by Charles Smith Cheltnam (1823-1912)[], opened at thePrinces Theatre Glasgow on 18 May 1863, then played at the Royal Victoria Theatre in Waterloo in July. | + | Two other versions of the Mosenthal play opened in 1864: '''''[[Deborah, or The Jewish Outcast]]''''', written by an unnamed author, opened at the Grecian Theatre, Hoxton, in February while '''''[[Deborah, the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrong!]]''''' by Charles Smith Cheltnam (1823-1912)[], opened at thePrinces Theatre Glasgow on 18 May 1863, then played at the Royal Victoria Theatre in Waterloo in July, becoming almost as well-known as Daly's version. |
Translated into French as '''''[[Debora]]''''' by Léon Halévy (published in 1860) and into Italian as ''[[Deborah]]'' by | Translated into French as '''''[[Debora]]''''' by Léon Halévy (published in 1860) and into Italian as ''[[Deborah]]'' by | ||
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Deborah is a German play by Salomon Hermann (von) Mosenthal (1821-1877)[1]
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The original text
Based on the story of the travails of the Jewess "Rebecca" in Sir Walter Scott's famous novel Ivanhoe, Mosenthal's German version was first performed in Budapest and Vienna in 1849 and in Berlin in 1850. Published in Pesth (Pest, Hungary) by Heckenast and in Leipzig by Wigand in 1850.
Translations and adaptations
Besides many other theatrical works based on Ivanhoe, there were a number of English, French and Italian versions of Mosenthal's play.
The best known in English is Leah, the Forsaken by Augustin Daly (1838-1899)[2], which was the first English version. Originally performed in New York in 1862, followed by a run in the Adelphi Theatre, London during 1863-4, it became immensely popular. (Also found as Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs or simply Leah).
Two other versions of the Mosenthal play opened in 1864: Deborah, or The Jewish Outcast, written by an unnamed author, opened at the Grecian Theatre, Hoxton, in February while Deborah, the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrong! by Charles Smith Cheltnam (1823-1912)[], opened at thePrinces Theatre Glasgow on 18 May 1863, then played at the Royal Victoria Theatre in Waterloo in July, becoming almost as well-known as Daly's version.
Translated into French as Debora by Léon Halévy (published in 1860) and into Italian as Deborah by
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Nadia Valman. 2007. The Jewess in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture, Cambridge University Press: p.34-39[3]
Jonathan M. Hess. 2018. Deborah and Her Sisters: How One Nineteenth-Century Melodrama and a Host of Celebrated Actresses Put Judaism on the World Stage, University of Pennsylvania Press.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Hermann_Mosenthal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Daly
https://www.worldcat.org/title/deborah/oclc/614407116
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 1932. (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.203-205
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