Les Ratés
Les Ratés ("The failures") is a French play in fourteen scenes by Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951)[1]
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The original text
The play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide.
First performed and published by Crès on Paris, France, 1921.
Translations and adaptations
Translated as The Failures (or Failures) by Winifred Katzin (1894-1994) and published as Failures: A Play in Fourteen Scenes by Knopf, 1923
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Rene-Lenormand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Ren%C3%A9_Lenormand
https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/lenormand-henri-rene-1882-1951
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.
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