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| − | A group of people is summoned to a remote baroque mansion in the Bavarian mountains to hear the reading of the Will of successful playwright Antoine de Saint Flour in the winter of 1913. The reluctant group includes the playwright's wife, a few friends and several ex-mistresses. | + | ''Dear Antoine or The Love That Failed'' ( ''Cher Antoine'', ou, ''L'amour raté'') by [[Jean Anouilh]] (1910-1987) translated into English by Lucienne Hill. A group of people is summoned to a remote baroque mansion in the Bavarian mountains to hear the reading of the Will of successful playwright Antoine de Saint Flour in the winter of 1913. The reluctant group includes the playwright's wife, a few friends and several ex-mistresses. In confronting one another they are uneasily aware that they are facing different reflections of Antione's fascinating and maddening personality. Poignant and fiercely witty, it displays to the full Anouilh's theatrical sleight of hand. |
| − | + | == The original text == | |
| + | English translation first performed in Paris in 1969, published by Samuel French. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| + | Translated by Lucienne Hill | ||
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| − | + | 1971: The play's South African première was presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama's English Company in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in 1971, directed by [[Michael Atkinson]], designed by [[Raimond Schoop]], costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]], starring [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] as Carlotta Alexandra, [[Michael Atkinson]] (Antoine), [[John Whiteley]] (Cravatar), [[Arthur Hall]] (Marcellin), [[Marika Mann]], [[Ronald France]], [[Betty Botha]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Kerry Jordan]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mollie Thompson]], [[Rob Davies]], [[Diana James]], [[Kathleen Lee]], [[Marion Achber]], [[Richard Hainebach]]. Music composed (or arranged) and conducted by [[Michael Tuffin]]. This was the first theatre production in the Nico Malan Theatre Centre, [[CAPAB]]'s new home. | |
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | ''Dear Antoine'' programme, 1971 | ||
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Revision as of 11:09, 11 September 2017
Dear Antoine or The Love That Failed ( Cher Antoine, ou, L'amour raté) by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) translated into English by Lucienne Hill. A group of people is summoned to a remote baroque mansion in the Bavarian mountains to hear the reading of the Will of successful playwright Antoine de Saint Flour in the winter of 1913. The reluctant group includes the playwright's wife, a few friends and several ex-mistresses. In confronting one another they are uneasily aware that they are facing different reflections of Antione's fascinating and maddening personality. Poignant and fiercely witty, it displays to the full Anouilh's theatrical sleight of hand.
Contents
The original text
English translation first performed in Paris in 1969, published by Samuel French.
Translations and adaptations
Translated by Lucienne Hill
Performance history in South Africa
1971: The play's South African première was presented by CAPAB Drama's English Company in the Nico Malan Theatre in 1971, directed by Michael Atkinson, designed by Raimond Schoop, costumes by Jennifer Craig, starring Gwen ffrangçon-Davies as Carlotta Alexandra, Michael Atkinson (Antoine), John Whiteley (Cravatar), Arthur Hall (Marcellin), Marika Mann, Ronald France, Betty Botha, Grethe Fox, Kerry Jordan, Gabriel Bayman, Mollie Thompson, Rob Davies, Diana James, Kathleen Lee, Marion Achber, Richard Hainebach. Music composed (or arranged) and conducted by Michael Tuffin. This was the first theatre production in the Nico Malan Theatre Centre, CAPAB's new home.
Sources
Dear Antoine programme, 1971
Return to
Return to D in Plays II Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
