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Written in 1666 and first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 6th August, 1666 by La Troupe du Roi. | Written in 1666 and first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 6th August, 1666 by La Troupe du Roi. | ||
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=Translations and adaptations= | =Translations and adaptations= | ||
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Loosely adapted into English by Henry Fielding as ''[[The Mock Doctor|The Mock Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cur'd]]. First performed on 23 June 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. | Loosely adapted into English by Henry Fielding as ''[[The Mock Doctor|The Mock Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cur'd]]. First performed on 23 June 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. | ||
| + | In 1858 turned into an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Gounod, to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Molière's play. | ||
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Jantje Puk, of Den Doctor tegen Wil en Dank]]''. | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Jantje Puk, of Den Doctor tegen Wil en Dank]]''. | ||
| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Wonderdoctor]]'' in 1834, most probably by [[Charles Etienne Boniface|C.E. Boniface]](?), since his company first performed it in that year. The name is also written in a two other forms in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] | + | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Wonderdoctor]]'' in 1834, most probably by [[Charles Etienne Boniface|C.E. Boniface]](?), since his company first performed it in that year. The name is also written in a two other forms in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]][http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 255 and 444), ''[[De Wonder Doctor]]'' and ''[[De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui]]''. Whether this was the way it appeared in Bosman's sources, and/or if this was sloppiness by Boniface (or the companies performing the work), or by Bosman himself, is uncertain. |
| + | Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank]]'' (or ''[[Dokter teen-wil-en-dank]]'') b [[Uys Krige]] in 1966, to mark the play's tricentenary. | ||
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= Performance history in South Africa = | = Performance history in South Africa = | ||
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | ||
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1823: The [[English Theatricals]] company did the play in the [[African Theatre]] Cape Town on 15 November 1823 , as afterpiece to ''[[Rob Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' (Pocock). | 1823: The [[English Theatricals]] company did the play in the [[African Theatre]] Cape Town on 15 November 1823 , as afterpiece to ''[[Rob Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' (Pocock). | ||
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== ''[[De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui]]'' ([[Dutch]]) == | == ''[[De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui]]'' ([[Dutch]]) == | ||
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mock_Doctor | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mock_Doctor | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: 339-340, 444 | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: 339-340, 444 255 and 444 |
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | ||
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== ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] ([[Afrikaans]]) == | == ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] ([[Afrikaans]]) == | ||
| − | + | 1966: The [[Afrikaans]] translation was first produced by [[PACT]] in 1966, directwd by [[Francois Swart]]. Krige's translation was published by [[J.L. van Schaik]] in 1971 and was awarded the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns|Akademieprys]] for translated work in 1972. | |
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| + | 1970: Directed for [[CAPAB]] in 1970 by [[Brian Astbury]], with [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] and [[Pieter Joubert]]. | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 78, 90, 197,255, 339-340, and 444 | ||
| − | Go to [[ | + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] |
Revision as of 08:22, 5 January 2016
("The Doctor in spite of Himself") A comedy by Molière.
Contents
The original French play
Written in 1666 and first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 6th August, 1666 by La Troupe du Roi.
Translations and adaptations
Loosely adapted into English by Henry Fielding as The Mock Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cur'd. First performed on 23 June 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
In 1858 turned into an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Gounod, to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Molière's play.
Translated into Dutch as Jantje Puk, of Den Doctor tegen Wil en Dank.
Translated into Dutch as De Wonderdoctor in 1834, most probably by C.E. Boniface(?), since his company first performed it in that year. The name is also written in a two other forms in Bosman[1]: pp. 255 and 444), De Wonder Doctor and De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui. Whether this was the way it appeared in Bosman's sources, and/or if this was sloppiness by Boniface (or the companies performing the work), or by Bosman himself, is uncertain.
Translated and adapted into Afrikaans as Dokter teen Wil en Dank (or Dokter teen-wil-en-dank) b Uys Krige in 1966, to mark the play's tricentenary.
Performance history in South Africa
In the original French
1804: Performed in the original French by Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap ("The French Amateur Company"), led by Charles Mathurin Villet. Also played was Le(s) trois Africaines (possibly Les Nègres by Louis-Edme Billardon de Sauvigny). The performances took place in the African Theatre on 23 June 1804. (The play's title was apparently spelled as Le Médecin Malgré-lui "by J.B.P. de Molière" in F.C.L. Bosman's source.)
Sources
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
The Mock Doctor by Henry Fielding (English)
Adapted into English by Henry Fielding The Mock Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cur'd. First produced on 23 June 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Often referred to simply as The Mock Doctor
Performance history in South Africa
1809: Performed by the Officers of the Garrison on Saturday 29 April, 1809 in the African Theatre, along with Katharine and Petruchio (Shakespeare). (The titles are given in free Dutch translation as De Bespotlyke Docter and Katharina en Petruchio in the newspaper quoted by F.C.L. Bosman)
1815: Performed as The Mock Doctor in Cape Town on Saturday 18 November by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, with as afterpiece Raising the Wind (Kednney).
1823: The English Theatricals company did the play in the African Theatre Cape Town on 15 November 1823 , as afterpiece to Rob Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne (Pocock).
De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui (Dutch)
1834: Produced Vlyt en Kunst as De Wonderdoctor in the Liefhebbery Toneel - Amateur Theatre, Cape Town on 24 May, as an afterpiece to Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood (Kotzebue), with De Gekwetste Reputatie, of Het Komedielootjie (Boniface) as interlude.
1836: Produced as De Wonder Doctor on 4 June in Stellenbosch by Door Yver Vruchtbaar, as afterpiece to De Ring (Schröder).
1843: Produced by Door Yver Vruchtbaar as De Wonder Docter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui in Cape Town on Tuesday 21 November, as an afterpiece to Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood (Kotzebue)
Jantje Puk, of Den Doctor tegen Wil en Dank (Dutch)
A translation (by an unknown translator) into Dutch with this title was produced in Cape Town by members of the Dutch amateur company Vlyt en Kunst in the Kaapschen Schouwburg in August 1838, with De Jood en de Christen, of de Gevolge der Lichtzinnigheid (A bowdlerized Dutch version of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mock_Doctor
Bosman, 1928: 339-340, 444 255 and 444
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
Dokter teen Wil en Dank by Uys Krige (Afrikaans)
1966: The Afrikaans translation was first produced by PACT in 1966, directwd by Francois Swart. Krige's translation was published by J.L. van Schaik in 1971 and was awarded the Akademieprys for translated work in 1972.
1970: Directed for CAPAB in 1970 by Brian Astbury, with Jannie Gildenhuys and Pieter Joubert.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_malgr%C3%A9_lui
http://www.site-moliere.com/pieces/medecin.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_m%C3%A9decin_malgr%C3%A9_lui_(opera)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mock_Doctor
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 78, 90, 197,255, 339-340, and 444
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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