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| − | Published as ''[[Johannisfeuer]]'' and described as a "Schauspiel in vier Akten" by Cotta in 1900. | + | The plot deals with a love triangle between the daughter of a landed proprietor, her cousin who she is engaged to, and her Gypsy adoptive sister who also is in love with the cousin. The drama culminates on a Saint John's Eve which is loaded with both Christian and pre-Christian symbols. The theme of the play is gratitude and dependence, and the bounds it can create.[1] |
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| + | Published as ''[[Johannisfeuer]]'' and described as a "Schauspiel in vier Akten" by Cotta in 1900. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Liefdesvuur]]'' ("love's fire") by **. . | + | The stage text has been translated into English as ''[[The Fires of St John]]''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_of_St._John]] and was presented for the first time on the American stage in Boston on 21 January, 1904[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_of_St._John] and published by J. W. Luce in the same year. Also referred to as ''[[Saint John's Fire]]''. |
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| + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Liefdesvuur]]'' ("love's fire") by ** in 1940. | ||
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| + | The play was adapted for film on three occasions: in 1916 under the title ''[[The Flames of Johannis]]'', directed by Edgar Lewis[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flames_of_Johannis], in 1939 as ''[[Midsummer Night's Fire]]'', directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer_Night%27s_Fire], and in 1954 as ''[[Love is Forever]]'', directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Forever_(1954_film)] | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Sudermann | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Sudermann | ||
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| + | https://archive.org/details/firesofstjohndra00sude | ||
''[[Huisgenoot]]''. 30(1224):3, 1945. | ''[[Huisgenoot]]''. 30(1224):3, 1945. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:22, 2 March 2022
Johannisfeuer ("Fires of St. John") is a German play in four acts by Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928)[1].
Contents
The original text
The plot deals with a love triangle between the daughter of a landed proprietor, her cousin who she is engaged to, and her Gypsy adoptive sister who also is in love with the cousin. The drama culminates on a Saint John's Eve which is loaded with both Christian and pre-Christian symbols. The theme of the play is gratitude and dependence, and the bounds it can create.[1]
Published as Johannisfeuer and described as a "Schauspiel in vier Akten" by Cotta in 1900.
Translations and adaptations
The stage text has been translated into English as The Fires of St John[[2]] and was presented for the first time on the American stage in Boston on 21 January, 1904[3] and published by J. W. Luce in the same year. Also referred to as Saint John's Fire.
Translated into Afrikaans as Liefdesvuur ("love's fire") by ** in 1940.
The play was adapted for film on three occasions: in 1916 under the title The Flames of Johannis, directed by Edgar Lewis[4], in 1939 as Midsummer Night's Fire, directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt[5], and in 1954 as Love is Forever, directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner[6]
Performance history in South Africa
1940: Performed in Afrikaans by Volksteater in Pretoria.
1945: Performed in Afrikaans K.A.T., directed by Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk and Mavis de Villiers in March with Jan Bruyns as "Vogelreuter", Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk, Sappie Botha, Gilles du Plessis, Arin Carstens, Gert Pretorius, Catherina Meiring, Gideon Horn.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fires_of_St._John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Sudermann
https://archive.org/details/firesofstjohndra00sude
Huisgenoot. 30(1224):3, 1945.
Trek,9(20):15, 1945.
Helikon, 1(5), 1952.
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