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Le Juif Polonais ("The Polish Jew") is a play in three acts by Erckmann-Chatrian (Émile Erckmann, 1822–1899 and Alexandre Chatrian, 1826–1890)[1]
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The original text
First performed in French at the théâtre de Cluny in Paris in 1869, with a score by Etienne Singla. in 1867
Translations and adaptations
The Erckmann-Chatrian play was adapted into an opera of the same name by Camille Erlanger, composed to a libretto by Henri Cain and first performed in Paris at the Opéra Comique on 11 April 1900.
Translated into English as The Bells by Leopold Davis Lewis (1828-1890). First performed at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on November 25, 1871, starring Sir Henry Irving as "Mathias".
The play was filmed a number of times, usually as The Bells, including an Australian film in 1911, a Belgian film in 1925 (as Le Juif Polonais, an American film in 1928, a British film in 1931, and another Australian film in 1935 (this time as The Burgomeister).
Performance history in South Africa
The play is notable in South Africa as the play that launched the South African theatrical careers of two notable businessmen, who also happened to be pugelists and performers: Barney Barnato and Harry Stodel.
189*: Performed in Kimberley with Barney Barnato playing "Matthias".
1890: Performed at Rowley's Music Hall, Johannesburg, August 1890, with Harry Stodel as "Matthias".
1945: The Sonderwater Dramatic Society performed Act III of The Bells in English as their entry in the 1945 FATSSA Play Festival, directed by Captain J.M. Eloff.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Juif_Polonais
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erckmann-Chatrian
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Le+Juif+Polonais
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_(play)
Trek, 10(8):23, 1945.
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 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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