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''La Dama Duende'' ("The elf lady")a Spanish comedy by Calderon (Pedro Calderón de la Barca) (1600-1681).
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''[[La Dama Duende]]'' (lit. "The elf lady") is a Spanish comedy by Calderon (Pedro Calderón de la Barca) (1600-1681)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calder%C3%B3n_de_la_Barca].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Performed and published in 1629.  
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It was first written and performed in 1629 and was published for the first time in the ''Primera parte de comedias de don Pedro Calderón de la Barca'' in 1636. The play used elements from Lope de Vega's play ''[[The Widow from Valencia]]'' (1604), but its main source was the novel ''El soldado Píndaro'' (1626) by Gonzalo Céspedes y Meneses.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into English as ''[[The Phantom Lady]]'' by Edwin Honig. Published in ''Four plays '' by Calderon de la Barca. Hill and Wang (New York), 1961.
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Usually translated into English as ''[[The Phantom Lady]]'' or ''[[The Fairy Lady]]''.
  
Another translation into English is entitled ''[[The Fairy Lady]]''.
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''[[The Lady and the Devil]]'' is a musical drama in two acts by William Dimond (c. 1784–1837?)[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38624] was apparently based in part on Calderon's play, though also borrowing something from  John Till Allingham's comedy ''[[The Marriage Promise]]'' (1803).  
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Jocelyn de Bruyn]], as ''[[Kom Spook By My]]'' ("Come haunt me").
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''[[La Dama Duende]]'' was translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the Spanish by [[Jocelyn de Bruyn]], as ''[[Kom Spook By My]]'' ("Come haunt me").
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It has been filmed twice, in 1919 by Studio Films in Spain (directed by José María Codina and Juan Solá Mestres) and in 1945 an adapted Spanish version of the play was filmed by Estudios San Miguel in Argentina (written by Rafael Alberti and María Teresa León, and directed by Luis Saslavsky).
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
''[[Kom Spook By My]]'' directed by [[Peter Kleinschmidt]] for [[CAPAB]], opening in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 30 March 1968. Cast: [[Percy Sieff]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Lerina Erasmus|Lerina C. Erasmus]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Pieter Fourie]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Woutrine Theron]], [[Dawid van der Walt]]. This production toured the Western and Northern Cape during April 1968 and played at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] from 2 to 4 May 1968.
 
  
''[[Kom Spook By My]]'' directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] for [[PACOFS]], opening 5 March 1969 in the Bloemfontein [[Stadskouburg]]. Décor and costumes by [[Limpie Basson]]. The cast: [[Bennie Janeke]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Maryann Johnston]], [[Carmen Haddad]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Helena Myburgh]].
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1968: ''[[Kom Spook By My]]'' produced by [[CAPAB]], opening in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, on 30 March. Directed by [[Peter Kleinschmidt]] with [[Percy Sieff]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Lerina Erasmus|Lerina C. Erasmus]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Pieter Fourie]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Woutrine Theron]], [[Dawid van der Walt]]. Decor and costumes by [[Annette Schaad]]. Stage manager [[Pieter de Swardt]]. This production toured the Western and Northern Cape during April and May, finishing in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], Stellenbosch (2 to 4 May). It then ran at the [[Opera House]] in Port Elizabeth (20-22 May), returning via the [[Vallei-Kerksaal]] in Worcester 24 May) and the [[Town Hall]], Malmesbury (25 May).
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1969: ''[[Kom Spook By My]]'' produced by [[PACOFS]], opening 5 March 1969 in the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre|Bloemfonteinse Stadskouburg]]. Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] with [[Bennie Janeke]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Maryann Johnston]], [[Carmen Haddad]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Helena Myburgh]].
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Décor and costumes by [[Limpie Basson]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1), 1968
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calder%C3%B3n_de_la_Barca
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Lady
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http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/la_dama_duende.html
  
''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(4), 1969.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010041/
  
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http://www.outofthewings.org/db/play/la-dama-duende.html
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''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1), 1968
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''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(4), 1969
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''Kom Spook  By My'' theatre programme, 1968
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"[[KRUIK]]-Dagboek 20 Mei-30 Junie" in ''[[CAPAB]] News/[[KRUIK]]-Nuus'' (1968)
  
 
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Revision as of 06:21, 11 June 2020

La Dama Duende (lit. "The elf lady") is a Spanish comedy by Calderon (Pedro Calderón de la Barca) (1600-1681)[1].

The original text

It was first written and performed in 1629 and was published for the first time in the Primera parte de comedias de don Pedro Calderón de la Barca in 1636. The play used elements from Lope de Vega's play The Widow from Valencia (1604), but its main source was the novel El soldado Píndaro (1626) by Gonzalo Céspedes y Meneses.

Translations and adaptations

Usually translated into English as The Phantom Lady or The Fairy Lady.

The Lady and the Devil is a musical drama in two acts by William Dimond (c. 1784–1837?)[2] was apparently based in part on Calderon's play, though also borrowing something from John Till Allingham's comedy The Marriage Promise (1803).

La Dama Duende was translated into Afrikaans from the Spanish by Jocelyn de Bruyn, as Kom Spook By My ("Come haunt me").

It has been filmed twice, in 1919 by Studio Films in Spain (directed by José María Codina and Juan Solá Mestres) and in 1945 an adapted Spanish version of the play was filmed by Estudios San Miguel in Argentina (written by Rafael Alberti and María Teresa León, and directed by Luis Saslavsky).

Performance history in South Africa

1968: Kom Spook By My produced by CAPAB, opening in the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town, on 30 March. Directed by Peter Kleinschmidt with Percy Sieff, Johan Malherbe, Lerina C. Erasmus, Christine Basson, Pieter Fourie, Glynn Day, Woutrine Theron, Dawid van der Walt. Decor and costumes by Annette Schaad. Stage manager Pieter de Swardt. This production toured the Western and Northern Cape during April and May, finishing in the H.B. Thom Theatre, Stellenbosch (2 to 4 May). It then ran at the Opera House in Port Elizabeth (20-22 May), returning via the Vallei-Kerksaal in Worcester 24 May) and the Town Hall, Malmesbury (25 May).

1969: Kom Spook By My produced by PACOFS, opening 5 March 1969 in the Bloemfonteinse Stadskouburg. Directed by Jannie Gildenhuys with Bennie Janeke, Johan Malherbe, Neels Coetzee, Maryann Johnston, Carmen Haddad, Ernst Eloff, Johan Botha, Helena Myburgh. Décor and costumes by Limpie Basson.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calder%C3%B3n_de_la_Barca

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

http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_culturales/la_dama_duende.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010041/

http://www.outofthewings.org/db/play/la-dama-duende.html

Teater SA, 1(1), 1968

Teater SA, 1(4), 1969

Kom Spook By My theatre programme, 1968

"KRUIK-Dagboek 20 Mei-30 Junie" in CAPAB News/KRUIK-Nuus (1968)

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

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