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''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' was written by French novelist Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos#].  
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''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' is a play by French novelist Georges Bernanos (1888-1948)[] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos#].  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1955: Produced as at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, directed by [[Fred Engelen]]. In 1955 he visited the School of Speech and Drama at UCT to produce Georges Bernanos's Dialogues of the Carmelites with the students (in Donald Inskip's translation titled The Chosen of God).
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1955: Produced as ''[[The Chosen of God]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, by students of the School of Speech and Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]],  directed by [[Fred Engelen]].  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.142.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.142.
  

Revision as of 17:17, 15 March 2021

Dialogues of the Carmelites is a play by French novelist Georges Bernanos (1888-1948)[] [1].

The original text

A French play based on a film scenario which Bernanos had made of a story by Gertrude von Le Fort, portraying the sufferings and ultimate death on the guillotine of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution.


Dialogues des Carmélites (1947).

Translations and adaptations

The text of the play was translated into English as The Chosen of God by Donald Inskip.

Performance history in South Africa

1955: Produced as The Chosen of God at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, by students of the School of Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town, directed by Fred Engelen.

Sources

Inskip, 1972. p.142.

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