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| − | ''[[Le Verre d’Eau. Les Effets et Les Causes]]'' ("The glass of water. The effects and the causes") is a historical comedy in five acts by Augustin Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe].
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| − | == The original French text ==
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| − | Set in the court of at the court of Queen Anne of Great Britain during the early 18th century, during the last period of the Spanish War of Succession.
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| − | Written for and performed by the Théâtre Français in 1840.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Glas Water, of Die Uitwerkingen en De Beweegredenen]]'', by Carel Alexander van Ray, Published in Amsterdam: Van Kesteren, 1841.
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| − | (''Not to be confused with ''[[Het Glas Water]]'', a [[Dutch]] translation of ''[[Das Glas Wasser]]'', a German comedy in two acts by Andreas Joseph von Guttenberg (1770 - 1817).'')
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Glass of Water]]''
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| − | An adaptation of called '''''[[The Queen's Favourite]]''''' by Sydney Grundy (1848-1914)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy] was written expressly for Miss [[Geneviève Ward]] and Mr [[W.H. Vernon]]. First performed by them in the Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 June, 1883 and later taken on ttour as part of their repertoire over the years.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1891-2: Performed in Grundy's version as ''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a tour of nine months throughout South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Facsimile version of an annotated version of the French text by Charles Colbeck. (Cambridge University Preass, 1885)[https://archive.org/details/leverredeaucomed00scri]
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_of_Water
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| − | http://books.google.co.za/books?id=LalPAAAAcAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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| − | Louis B. Petit, ''Catalogus Bibliotheek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden'', Publisher: Brill Archive, 1887[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=XtEUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR83&dq=Een+Glas+Water+AJ+von+Guttenberg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-o3lVIGaN4X3UoO9gPAB&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Een%20Glas%20Water%20AJ%20von%20Guttenberg&f=false]
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| − | Bernard Ince. 2013. ''Before Ibsen: The Early Stage Career of Janet Achurch, 1883–89'', Research Gater[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265834883_Before_Ibsen_The_Early_Stage_Career_of_Janet_Achurch_1883-89] (Accessed 31 May 2020.)
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy
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| − | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=Mammon+a+play+by+Grundy&source=bl&ots=j0f4wiN9ox&sig=ACfU3U0NMzmTpAhxRdd8J6Z43QY6-XQ2GA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL1_f3yN3pAhXTShUIHVCdDmgQ6AEwDXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Mammon%20a%20play%20by%20Grundy&f=false]
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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 1932. (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. 392-3
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