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''[[Le Mariage d'Orgueil]]'' is a French ''comédie [[vaudeville]]'' in two acts by  Adolphe d' Ennery (1811-1899)[], with music by Jean Saint-Yves.   
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''[[Le Mariage d'Orgueil]]'' (lit. "The wedding of pride") is a French ''comédie [[vaudeville]]'' in two acts by  Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery].   
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed at the Théâtre National du Vaudeville, Paris,  23 March 1838. Printed in Paris by Dondey-Dupré (date unknown).  
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First performed at the Théâtre National du Vaudeville, Paris,  23 March 1838. Printed in Paris by Dondey-Dupré (date unknown) and by Marchant, 1838.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Adapted and translated into English as [[A Wonderful Woman]]'' (also known as  ''[[The Marquis and Cobbler]]'') by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. Also found as ''[[The Wonderful Woman]]'' or as joint title: ''[[The Wonderful Woman, or The Marquis and The Cobbler]]''
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Adapted and translated into English as ''[[A Wonderful Woman]]'' (also known as  ''[[The Marquis and Cobbler]]'') by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. Also known by  joint title: ''[[The Wonderful Woman, or The Marquis and The Cobbler]]''. Another title, given by Allardyce Nicoll (2009), is ''[[The Marriage of Pride, or The Marquis and the Cobbler]]''. Nicoll provides two possible dates for performances of a play by latter name at the Grecian Theatre, London, i.e. 14/9/1854 and 21/6/1860.
 
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1877: Performed as ''[[The Wonderful Woman]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 5 September, with ''[[Peep O' Day]]'' (Jerrold). A benefit performance for [[Georgina Robinson]] and [[W. Foulis]].
 
  
1877: Performed as ''[[The Wonderful Woman]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 6 September, with ''[[Black-Eyed Susan]]'' (Jerrold).
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1860: Performed in English as ''[[A Wonderful Woman]]'' by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in his [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 March, with ''[[The Fast Coach]]'' (Claridge and Soutar).  
  
== Sources ==
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1860: Performed in English again by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 29 March, with ''[[Every Man's House is his Castle]]'' (Morton).
  
Facsimile version of the Dondey-Dupré published French text, The Internet Archive[[https://archive.org/details/lemariagedorguei00denn]]
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1860: Performed as ''[[A Wonderful Woman]]'' by [[Charles Fraser]] and his "Thespian Company" in a tent in Simon's Town on 15 April. Also performed were a play called ''[[The Croaker, or The Business of Human Life]]'' (no author given) was and songs sung as [[intermezzo]].
  
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1869: Performed by the officers and men of the [[32nd Light Infantry]] in Grahamstown, with ''[[The Bride of Abydos]]'' (probably the burlesque version by H.J. Byron), in the presence of the Lieutenant Governor and the local elite.
  
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/2nd-june-1849/10/mr-charles-dance-has-worked-with-considerable-tact
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1877: Performed as ''[[The Wonderful Woman, or The Marquis and The Cobbler]]'' (and wrongly attributed to "Geo. Dance" by Bosman, 1980) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 5 September, with ''[[Peep O' Day]]'' (Falconer). A benefit performance for [[Georgina Robinson]] and [[W. Foulis]].  
  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)
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1877: Performed as ''[[The Wonderful Woman]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 6 September, with ''[[Black-Eyed Susan]]'' (Jerrold).
  
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1877: Performed as  ''[[The Wonderful Woman]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 11 September, with ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips).
  
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1884-5: Performed as ''[[The Marquis and the Cobbler]]'' by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
  
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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== Sources ==
  
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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Facsimile version of the Dondey-Dupré published French text, The Internet Archive[[https://archive.org/details/lemariagedorguei00denn]]
  
[[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.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery
  
[[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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http://childperformers.ca/biographies/rosina-shaw/#_edn19
  
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
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http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/2nd-june-1849/10/mr-charles-dance-has-worked-with-considerable-tact
  
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)
  
[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
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Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'' (Volume 5, Part 2), Cambridge University Press: p. 716[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA716&lpg=PA716&dq=The+Marquis+and+the+Cobbler+a+play+by&source=bl&ots=d7bvqBYjp8&sig=ACfU3U07LlZ0LUi7FEpHcDqKkgTwN3alvQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQzbv5se3jAhUMC-wKHVTxD9EQ6AEwC3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Marquis%20and%20the%20Cobbler%20a%20play%20by&f=false]
  
[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
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The ''Auckland Star'', Volume XVII, Issue 226, 25 September, 1886[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18860925.2.27]
  
[[Sydney Paul Gosher]].  1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
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[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 127-8, 299, 356, 360.
  
 
[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.  
 
[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.  
 
[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
 
 
[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
 
 
[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php], pp.
 
 
[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
 
[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
 
 
[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
 
 
 
[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
 
 
[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
 
 
[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
 
 
 
[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 
 
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
 
 
[[J.A. Worp]]. 1972. ''Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland''. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
 
 
Joris Baers (1888-1975): ''Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een''[http://doczz.nl/doc/783/joris-baers--1888-1975---algemeene-tooneelbibliotheek-een]
 
 
http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:15, 31 July 2021

Le Mariage d'Orgueil (lit. "The wedding of pride") is a French comédie vaudeville in two acts by Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Théâtre National du Vaudeville, Paris, 23 March 1838. Printed in Paris by Dondey-Dupré (date unknown) and by Marchant, 1838.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted and translated into English as A Wonderful Woman (also known as The Marquis and Cobbler) by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[2]. Also known by joint title: The Wonderful Woman, or The Marquis and The Cobbler. Another title, given by Allardyce Nicoll (2009), is The Marriage of Pride, or The Marquis and the Cobbler. Nicoll provides two possible dates for performances of a play by latter name at the Grecian Theatre, London, i.e. 14/9/1854 and 21/6/1860.

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed in English as A Wonderful Woman by Charles Fraser and his company in his Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 March, with The Fast Coach (Claridge and Soutar).

1860: Performed in English again by Charles Fraser and his company in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 29 March, with Every Man's House is his Castle (Morton).

1860: Performed as A Wonderful Woman by Charles Fraser and his "Thespian Company" in a tent in Simon's Town on 15 April. Also performed were a play called The Croaker, or The Business of Human Life (no author given) was and songs sung as intermezzo.

1869: Performed by the officers and men of the 32nd Light Infantry in Grahamstown, with The Bride of Abydos (probably the burlesque version by H.J. Byron), in the presence of the Lieutenant Governor and the local elite.

1877: Performed as The Wonderful Woman, or The Marquis and The Cobbler (and wrongly attributed to "Geo. Dance" by Bosman, 1980) in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 5 September, with Peep O' Day (Falconer). A benefit performance for Georgina Robinson and W. Foulis.

1877: Performed as The Wonderful Woman in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 6 September, with Black-Eyed Susan (Jerrold).

1877: Performed as The Wonderful Woman in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company on 11 September, with Lost in London (Phillips).

1884-5: Performed as The Marquis and the Cobbler by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.

Sources

Facsimile version of the Dondey-Dupré published French text, The Internet Archive[[3]]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery

http://childperformers.ca/biographies/rosina-shaw/#_edn19

http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/2nd-june-1849/10/mr-charles-dance-has-worked-with-considerable-tact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)

Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900 (Volume 5, Part 2), Cambridge University Press: p. 716[4]

The Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 226, 25 September, 1886[5]

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. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 127-8, 299, 356, 360.

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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