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| + | ''[[La Juife]]'' ("The Jew") of 1835, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. A later version of the French work, entitled ''[[Le Juif Errant]]'' ("the wandering Jew") appeared in 1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. | ||
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The French work was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 23 February 1835. | The French work was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 23 February 1835. | ||
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The Scribe libretto was adapted into [[Dutch]] as a "Groot Melodrama" ("great melodrama") called '''''[[De Jodin]]''''' ("The Jewess") by W. Hempel ()[] and published in Utrecht by L.E. Bosch in 1838. | The Scribe libretto was adapted into [[Dutch]] as a "Groot Melodrama" ("great melodrama") called '''''[[De Jodin]]''''' ("The Jewess") by W. Hempel ()[] and published in Utrecht by L.E. Bosch in 1838. | ||
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| + | Also the source of ''[[De Zwervende Jood]]'' ("The Wandering Jew"), a [[Dutch]] play by [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]]. | ||
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| + | == The original text == | ||
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| + | Possibly translated from one of two French operas by Fromental Halévy, most probably ''[[La Juife]]'' ("The Jew") of 1835, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. A later version of the French work, entitled ''[[Le Juif Errant]]'' ("the wandering Jew") appeared in 1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | The [[Dutch]] play was performed in Cape Town in 1837. The translation was never published. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 256-265, 374 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 13 September 2019
La Juive ("The Jewess") is a French grand opera in five acts by Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)[], with an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe ()[].
Contents
The original text
La Juife ("The Jew") of 1835, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. A later version of the French work, entitled Le Juif Errant ("the wandering Jew") appeared in 1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
The French work was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 23 February 1835.
Translations and adaptations
The Scribe libretto was adapted into Dutch as a "Groot Melodrama" ("great melodrama") called De Jodin ("The Jewess") by W. Hempel ()[] and published in Utrecht by L.E. Bosch in 1838.
Also the source of De Zwervende Jood ("The Wandering Jew"), a Dutch play by Joseph Suasso de Lima.
The original text
Possibly translated from one of two French operas by Fromental Halévy, most probably La Juife ("The Jew") of 1835, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. A later version of the French work, entitled Le Juif Errant ("the wandering Jew") appeared in 1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
Performance history in South Africa
The Dutch play was performed in Cape Town in 1837. The translation was never published.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 256-265, 374
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
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
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Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed as De Jodin by amateurs drawn from the societies Aurora and De Eendracht in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 July, with Het Dorpspleidooi (Van Ray).
Sources
Facsimile version of the Dutch text by Hempel, Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 451
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
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Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
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