Marcel
Marcel is a French a drama in one act by Jules Sandeau (1811-1883)[1] and Adrien Decourcelle (1821-1892)[2]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Théâtre-Français in Paris on 18 May, 1872 and published in Paris by Michel Lévy Frères in 1872.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as Awaking by Campbell Clarke ()[], it was performed at the Gaiety Theatre in London in 1872 and published
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Produced in English as Awaking by Disney Roebuck in the Theatre Royal on 18 October, with Our Boys (Byron).
Sources
Facsimile version of the original French text, The Internet Archive[3]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Decourcelle
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2, Google E-book[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 361.
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