Le Maître des Forges
Le Maître des Forges (lit. "the master of the forge") is a play by Georges Ohnet ()[].
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Based on Ohnet's own novel called Le Maître des Forges, which was published in 1882, the stage adaptation was done by Ohnet himself. It premiered at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in 1883, and became very popular, receiving more than 271 performances in a few months.
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Translations and adaptations
The Ironmaster, an English adaptation of the play by Arthur Wing Pinero ()[], was first staged in 1884. The Pinero version was likewise popular and frequently revived during the following decade.
A number of film adaptations of the story were done over the years, e.g. in 1912, 1933, 1948, and 1959.
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironmaster_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironmaster_(1933_film)
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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