Le Médecin Malgré Lui
("The Doctor in spite of Himself"), written in 1666 by Molière.
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Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English by Henry Fielding as The Mock Doctor and the Dutch version of this is De Bespotlyke Docter. Translated into Afrikaans as Dokter teen Wil en Dank by Uys Krige
Performance history in South Africa
The play has been performed in South Africa in English, Dutch and Afrikaans versions.
English versions
Adapted into English by Henry Fielding as The Mock Doctor and the Dutch version of this is De Bespotlyke Docter.
Dutch
The Fielding English adaptation (See The Mock Doctor) produced in Cape Town on 15 November 1823.
Afrikaans
Translated and adapted into Afrikaans as Dokter teen-wil-en-dank by Uys Krige in 1966, to mark the play's tricentenary, and the translation was produced by PACT in 1966. Krige's translation was published by Van Schaik in 1971 and was awarded the Akademieprys for translated work in 1972.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_malgr%C3%A9_lui
Bosman, 1928: pp.
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