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| − | ''[[Le Cretin de la Montagne]]'' is a French play in five acts and eight tableaux by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887)[] and Lambert Thiboust ()[]. | + | ''[[Le Cretin de la Montagne]]'' is a French play in five acts and eight tableaux by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Grang%C3%A9] and Lambert Thiboust (1827-1867)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert-Thiboust]. |
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| − | Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called '''''[[The Idiot of the Mountain]]''''' by William E. Suter (1811?-1882). | + | Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called '''''[[The Idiot of the Mountain]]''''' by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Suter%2C%20William%20E.%2C%201811%3F-1882], and perfdormed at the Royal Surrey Theatre on 7 September, 19861. Published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]], London, in the same year. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1876: Performed in English as ''[[The Idiot of the Mountain]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck | + | 1876: Performed in English as ''[[The Idiot of the Mountain]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company, under the temporary management of [[Charles Wilstone]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of the season. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the 1861 published French text, [[Gallica]][https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9693747h.texteImage] | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the 1861 published English text, [[The Victorian Plays Project]][http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/assets/docs/pdf/Vol54xvIdiot.pdf] | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Grang%C3%A9 | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert-Thiboust | ||
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| + | http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Suter%2C%20William%20E.%2C%201811%3F-1882 | ||
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Latest revision as of 09:49, 16 April 2020
Le Cretin de la Montagne is a French play in five acts and eight tableaux by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887)[1] and Lambert Thiboust (1827-1867)[2].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theâtre de la Gaité, Paris, on 3 June, 1861. Published by Michel Lévy Frères, Paris, in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called The Idiot of the Mountain by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[3], and perfdormed at the Royal Surrey Theatre on 7 September, 19861. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, London, in the same year.
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed in English as The Idiot of the Mountain by the Disney Roebuck's company, under the temporary management of Charles Wilstone in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of the season.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1861 published French text, Gallica[4]
Facsimile version of the 1861 published English text, The Victorian Plays Project[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Grang%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert-Thiboust
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.346, footnote 214.
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