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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
The most widely known adapted version of this series of talks is most probably Hal Holbrook's  
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The most widely known adapted version of this series of talks is most probably Hal Holbrook's ''[[Mark Twain Tonight!]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Tonight!], though there have numerous similar programmes over the years by various actors.
  
 
In South Africa [[Percy Sieff]] developed a similar programme called ''[[Sincerely Yours, Mark Twain]]'', which became a long-term vehicle for Sieff,  who took this one-man show on Mark Twain across the globe, right into the late 1990s.
 
In South Africa [[Percy Sieff]] developed a similar programme called ''[[Sincerely Yours, Mark Twain]]'', which became a long-term vehicle for Sieff,  who took this one-man show on Mark Twain across the globe, right into the late 1990s.
  
A play called ''[[One for the Road to Damaskus]]''[https://www.litnet.co.za/litnet-spens-n-loopsopie-op-die-pad-na-damaskus/] by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) is based on a chance meeting that takes place on the evening of Twain's performance in Cape Town, and contains excerpts from Twain's talks. .
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A play called ''[[One for the Road to Damaskus]]''[https://www.litnet.co.za/litnet-spens-n-loopsopie-op-die-pad-na-damaskus/] by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) is based on a (fictional) chance meeting that takes place between Twain and the young South African writer [[C.J. Langenhoven]], on the evening of Twain's performance in Cape Town, and contains adapted excerpts from Twain's talks.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1896: Twain appeared in his ''[[At Home]]'' programme in the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban (); Caledonian Hall, Pretoria (May); [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg (May); the [[Bloemfontein City Hall]] (May?);  the[[Queenstown Town Hall]] (June); the [[Mutual Hall]] on Market Square, East London (June); [[King William’s Town Theatre]] (June); the [[Albany Drill Hall]], Grahamstown (June); the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]] (June); the [[Opera House]], Cape Town (3 performances, July); the [[Town Hall]] of the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town (3 performances, July);
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1896: Twain appeared in his ''[[At Home]]'' programme in the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban (); Caledonian Hall, Pretoria (May); [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg (May); the [[Bloemfontein City Hall]] (May?);  the [[Queenstown Town Hall]] (June); the [[Mutual Hall]] on Market Square, East London (June); [[King William’s Town Theatre]] (June); the [[Albany Drill Hall]], Grahamstown (June); the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]] (June); the [[Opera House]], Cape Town (3 performances, July); the [[Town Hall]] of the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town (3 performances, July);
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
 
  
 
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.404
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
 
 
 
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
 
 
 
[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
 
 
 
[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
 
 
 
[[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]].
 
 
 
[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
 
 
 
[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
 
 
 
[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
 
 
 
[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php], pp.
 
 
 
[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
 
 
[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
 
 
 
[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
 
 
 
 
 
[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
 
 
 
[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
 
 
 
[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
 
 
 
 
 
[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 
 
 
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
 
 
 
[[J.A. Worp]]. 1972. ''Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland''. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
 
  
Joris Baers (1888-1975): ''Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een''[http://doczz.nl/doc/783/joris-baers--1888-1975---algemeene-tooneelbibliotheek-een]
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[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.120
  
http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
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Robert Cooper. 2000. ''Around the World with Mark Twain''. Arcade Publishing
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:35, 9 December 2019

At Home is the general title found for the public lectures given by Mark Twain (1835–1910)[1] on his 1896 visit to South Africa.

Probably billed as Mark Twain At Home or At Home with Mark Twain on occasion.


The original text

Translations and adaptations

The most widely known adapted version of this series of talks is most probably Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight![2], though there have numerous similar programmes over the years by various actors.

In South Africa Percy Sieff developed a similar programme called Sincerely Yours, Mark Twain, which became a long-term vehicle for Sieff, who took this one-man show on Mark Twain across the globe, right into the late 1990s.

A play called One for the Road to Damaskus[3] by Temple Hauptfleisch (1945-) is based on a (fictional) chance meeting that takes place between Twain and the young South African writer C.J. Langenhoven, on the evening of Twain's performance in Cape Town, and contains adapted excerpts from Twain's talks.

Performance history in South Africa

1896: Twain appeared in his At Home programme in the Theatre Royal, Durban (); Caledonian Hall, Pretoria (May); Standard Theatre, Johannesburg (May); the Bloemfontein City Hall (May?); the Queenstown Town Hall (June); the Mutual Hall on Market Square, East London (June); King William’s Town Theatre (June); the Albany Drill Hall, Grahamstown (June); the Port Elizabeth City Hall (June); the Opera House, Cape Town (3 performances, July); the Town Hall of the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town (3 performances, July);

Sources

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 1923. (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: p.404

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.120

Robert Cooper. 2000. Around the World with Mark Twain. Arcade Publishing

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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