L'homme au Masque de Fer

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L'homme au Masque de Fer, a drama in 5 acts and in prose, by Narcisse Fournier and Auguste Arnouldt

The original text

First performed in Paris 1831. Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, France (Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe) - 03-08-1831

L' homme au masque de fer : drame en cinq parties et en prose ; représenté pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le Théâtre Royal de l'Odéon, le 3 août 1831 / par Arnould et N. Fournier. Published in Paris by Barba, 1831.


Translations and adaptations

Adapted from the French (most likely L'homme au Masque de Fer, a drama in 5 acts and in prose, by Narcisse Fournier and Auguste Arnouldt, based on the novel by Alexander Dumas), by W.J. Lucas, it is described as a work in which each epoch contains "a distinct and thrilling phase in this most extraordinary man's life, until his murder in the Bastile, sternly corroborated by facts and documents seized during its demolition by the infuriated people."

First performed in English at the Royal Pavilion Theatre, London, on 30 January, 1832, with the title The Man with the Iron Mask, or The Royal Twins (no author named) and published by T.H. Lacy as The Man with the Iron Mask: in Four Epochs in 1850 and Samuel French, 1864 - now ascribed to Lucas.

A German version, Die Eiserne Larve ("The iron mask") was produced by Heinrich Szchokke (1771-1848)[1].

Another English translation, by Frank J Morlock, was published in 2001 by Natick, MA: Rogue Publishers.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Facsimile version of the French text of 1831, Google E-book[2]

Facsimile version of the French text by Barba of 1831, Google E-book[3]

http://data.bnf.fr/39499252/l_homme_au_masque_de_fer_spectacle_1831/

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

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

http://www.elta-project.org/browse.html?recordId=1204

Transcript version of the Thomas Hailes Lacy text, The Victorian Plays Project[4]

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

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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