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("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A comedy "à la Commedia dell'Arte" by Molière. His first play, some authors[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm]
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("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A one-act comedy by Molière,  with 16 scenes and seven characters, "à la Commedia dell'Arte". His first play, some authors[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm]
suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659.  
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suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659. Only printed for the first time in 1819.  
  
Parts of it were reproduced in 'L'Amour Médecin,' and 'Le Médecin malgré lui.'.
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Parts of it were reproduced in ''[[L'Amour Médecin]]'', and ''[[Le Médecin malgré lui]]''.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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=== English ===
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Translated as ''The Flying Doctor'' or ''The Fleet-footed Doctor'' in English.  
 
Translated as ''The Flying Doctor'' or ''The Fleet-footed Doctor'' in English.  
  
Possibly translated into [[Dutch]] in 1834 (by [[C.E. Boniface]]?)  as ''[[De Wonder Doctor]]'' or ''[[De Wonderdoctor]]''.
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=== [[Dutch]] ===
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[[Dutch]] translation as ''De vliegende dokter''.  
 
[[Dutch]] translation as ''De vliegende dokter''.  
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Produced [[Vlyt en Kunst]] as ''[[De Wonder Doctor|De Wonderdoctor]]'' in Cape Town on 24 May 1834, as an afterpiece to ''[[Robert Maxwell, fo De Offerdood]]'' (Kotzebue), with ''[[De Gekwetste Reputatie, of Het Komedielootjie]]'' (Boniface) as interlude.
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Produced  as ''[[De Wonder Doctor]]'' on 4 June 1836 in Stellenbosch by [[Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], as afterpiece to ''[[Der Ring|De Ring]]'' (Schröder).
 
 
Produced  as ''[[De Wonderdocter|De Wonder Docter, of ]]'' on 4 June 1836 in Stellenbosch by [[Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], as afterpiece to ''[[Der Ring|De Ring]]'' (Schröder).
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm
  

Latest revision as of 07:10, 6 June 2014

("The Fleet-Footed Doctor" in English, also translated as "The Flying Doctor") A one-act comedy by Molière, with 16 scenes and seven characters, "à la Commedia dell'Arte". His first play, some authors[1] claim it was presented in 1645, while others (e.g. Charles Heron Wall[2] suggest it may only have been acted for the first time in Paris on the 18th of April, 1659. Only printed for the first time in 1819.

Parts of it were reproduced in L'Amour Médecin, and Le Médecin malgré lui.

Translations and adaptations

English

Translated as The Flying Doctor or The Fleet-footed Doctor in English.


Dutch

Dutch translation as De vliegende dokter. by Henriette Albach-Tielrooy (2001), Arnold Sandhaus (2011)

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27072/27072-h/27072-h.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_M%C3%A9decin_volant


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