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| − | ''[[How He Lied to Her Husband]]'' is a | + | ''[[How He Lied to Her Husband]]'' is a one-act comedy by [[George Bernard Shaw]] ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw] |
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| − | + | Set in the drawing room of a flat located on Cromwell Road in London it is a play about a poet who falls in love with a married woman. | |
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| + | Shaw wrote it at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. It was first performed by Daly in New York as a curtain raiser for ''[[The Man of Destiny]]'' in 1905, with a London cast consisting of Harley Granville-Barker, A. G. Poultonand Gertrude Kingston. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Hoe Hy vir Haar Man Gelieg Het]]'' by [[Maridi Jooste]], as a project in the playwriting course in the Drama Department at [[Stellenbosch University]]. The text is unpublished. A copy of the typed text (with comments by the lecturer) held in the Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Hoe Hy vir Haar Man Gelieg Het]]''''' by [[Maridi Jooste]], as a project in the playwriting course in the Drama Department at [[Stellenbosch University]]. The text is unpublished. A copy of the typed text (with comments by the lecturer) held in the Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]]. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | ''[[How He Lied to Her Husband]]'' in [[Wikipedia]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_He_Lied_to_Her_Husband#:~:text=How%20He%20Lied%20to%20Her%20Husband%20is%20a%20one%2Dact,vacationing%20in%20Scotland%20in%201904.] | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw | ||
A copy of the typed text of ''[[Hoe Hy vir Haar Man Gelieg Het]]'', held in the Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | A copy of the typed text of ''[[Hoe Hy vir Haar Man Gelieg Het]]'', held in the Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:13, 8 June 2022
How He Lied to Her Husband is a one-act comedy by George Bernard Shaw ()[1]
Contents
The original text
Set in the drawing room of a flat located on Cromwell Road in London it is a play about a poet who falls in love with a married woman.
Shaw wrote it at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. It was first performed by Daly in New York as a curtain raiser for The Man of Destiny in 1905, with a London cast consisting of Harley Granville-Barker, A. G. Poultonand Gertrude Kingston.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Hoe Hy vir Haar Man Gelieg Het by Maridi Jooste, as a project in the playwriting course in the Drama Department at Stellenbosch University. The text is unpublished. A copy of the typed text (with comments by the lecturer) held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
How He Lied to Her Husband in Wikipedia[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw
A copy of the typed text of Hoe Hy vir Haar Man Gelieg Het, held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.
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