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| − | ''[[El gran Galeoto]]'' is a melodrama by Spanish playwright José Echegaray (1832-1916) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Echegaray].
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | ''[[El gran Galeoto]]'' ia a drama written in the grand nineteenth century manner of melodrama. It is about the poisonous effect that unfounded gossip has on a middle-aged man's happiness. Echegaray filled it with elaborate stage instructions that illuminate what we would now consider a hammy style of acting popular in the 19th century. (Wikipedia)
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Filmed in 1920 by Paramount Pictures as a silent movie under the title ''The World and His Wife'' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011882/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2].
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Great Galeoto]]''.
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Francois Swart]] as ''[[Theodora]]''.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1974: The [[Francois Swart]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''[[Theodora]]'' was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Francois Swart|Swart]], with [[Sandra Prinsloo]] (Theodora), [[David van der Merwe]] (Don Julian), [[Betty Botha]] (Dona Mercedes), [[Marko van der Colff]] (Don Severo), [[Cobus Visser]] (Pepito), [[Tobie Cronje]] (Ernest), [[Jan Engelen]] (Heer), [[George Ballot]] (Heer), [[Zack du Plessis]] (Heer) and [[Andre Laubscher]] (Heer). Decor by [[Richard Cook]] and costumes by [[Christa Scholtz]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1974.
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| − | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection, [[ESAT Archive]].
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| − | [[George Ballot]] scrapbook, [[ESAT Archive]]
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