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''[[Bluebeard]]'' or ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' is a fairy tale originally written by Charles Perrault.  
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''[[Bluebeard]]'' or ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' is the tale of a violent and wealthy man who systematically murdered his wives and the one wife's attempts to avoid the same fate.
  
It first appeared in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript in 1695 titled ''Contes de ma mère l'oye'' (''Tales of Mother Goose''). Also found as ''[[Blue Beard]]'' in English.  
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Also found as ''[[Blue Beard]]'' in English.  
  
There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages. Below we list those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on this, see especially Casie Hermansson's 2009 study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi).
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=''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' - The source material=
  
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The first surviving version of the story appeared as ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript in 1695 titled ''Contes de ma mère l'oye'' (''Tales of Mother Goose'') by Charles Perrault, later published  by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' ("histories or stories of former times").
  
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There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages, ranging from serious plays and operas to extravaganzas and pantomimes. Below we list only those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on the general stage history of the Bluebeard tale, see the listing in the entry on "Bluebeard" in Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard] and especially Casie Hermansson's useful study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009 ).
  
=''[[Blue Beard]]'' by James Robinson Planché and Charles Dance=
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=''[[Blue Beard]]'' by James Robinson Planché and Charles Dance (1839)=
 
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
 
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A fairy extravaganza in one act and in verse written by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9] and Charles Dance (1794–1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. It was first performed in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 January, 1839. Published by T.H. Lacy as well as S.G. Fairbrother, 1839
A fairy extravaganza in one act and in verse written by James Robinson Planché and Charles Dance. It was first performed in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 January, 1839. Published by T.H. Lacy as well as S.G. Fairbrother, 1839
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Casie Hermansson. 2009 Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition Univ. Press of Mississippi.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SLsX0es5_eQC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=Bluebeard+a+fairy+extravaganza&source=bl&ots=Bzjw4OEZz6&sig=wAzk1Es1IKR7qMmdcV0APaUmWZk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWga7j8dLaAhWKBcAKHXsACEIQ6AEIOjAH#v=onepage&q=Bluebeard%20a%20fairy%20extravaganza&f=false]
 
Casie Hermansson. 2009 Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition Univ. Press of Mississippi.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SLsX0es5_eQC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=Bluebeard+a+fairy+extravaganza&source=bl&ots=Bzjw4OEZz6&sig=wAzk1Es1IKR7qMmdcV0APaUmWZk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWga7j8dLaAhWKBcAKHXsACEIQ6AEIOjAH#v=onepage&q=Bluebeard%20a%20fairy%20extravaganza&f=false]
  
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: 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.371
 
 
[[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.
 
 
 
[[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.  
 
[[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]
 
 
http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:49, 24 April 2018

Bluebeard or Barbe-bleue is the tale of a violent and wealthy man who systematically murdered his wives and the one wife's attempts to avoid the same fate.

Also found as Blue Beard in English.

Barbe-bleue - The source material

The first surviving version of the story appeared as Barbe-bleue in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript in 1695 titled Contes de ma mère l'oye (Tales of Mother Goose) by Charles Perrault, later published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passé ("histories or stories of former times").

There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages, ranging from serious plays and operas to extravaganzas and pantomimes. Below we list only those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on the general stage history of the Bluebeard tale, see the listing in the entry on "Bluebeard" in Wikipedia[1] and especially Casie Hermansson's useful study called Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009 ).

Blue Beard by James Robinson Planché and Charles Dance (1839)

The original text

A fairy extravaganza in one act and in verse written by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[2] and Charles Dance (1794–1863)[3]. It was first performed in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 January, 1839. Published by T.H. Lacy as well as S.G. Fairbrother, 1839

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed as a "Burlesque Pantomime" as a part of benefit for Mr Tom Paulton and his wife (Mrs Tom Paulton) by an anonymous company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, with Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship (Boucicault and Reade).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard

Facsimile of the 1839 publication by Lacy, Google E-book[4]

Casie Hermansson. 2009 Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition Univ. Press of Mississippi.[5]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.371

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.

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