Les Corbeaux
Les Corbeaux is a French play in four acts by Henry Becque (1837-1899) [1].
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The original text
A gritty realist play about the exploitation of the defenceless by the greedy, it was first performed at the Comédie-Française on 14 September, 1882. It was later revived at the Théâtre de l'Odéon on 3 November 1897.
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the French into Afrikaans by H.L. Gonin as Die Aasvoëls.
Performance history in South Africa
1950: Performed as Die Aasvoëls by Volksteater in Pretoria.
Sources
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Corbeaux_(th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)
Undated newspaper clipping found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the University of Stellenbosch, dated 1951.
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