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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English as ''[[Swan Song]]'' by Marian Fell and  published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
 
Translated into English as ''[[Swan Song]]'' by Marian Fell and  published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Swanesang]]'' by [[Pietro Nolte]]  
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===Afrikaans===
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There are three [[Afrikaans]] plays called ''[[Swanesang]]'' (''[[Swan Song]]''), all three translations of Anton Chekhov's one-act play: 
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''[[Swanesang]]'' by Anton Chekhov/[[Pietro Nolte]] (Unpublished, performed 197*)
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''[[Swanesang]]'' by [[Salomi Louw, published as an acting text by [[DALRO]].
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''[[Swanesang]]'' by [[Nico Luwes]], published on the [[LitNet|Litnet Spens]] (http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/litnet-spens-swanesang)
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 13:03, 20 November 2017

Lebedinaia pesnia (лебединая песня in Cyrillic script, or "Swan Song" in English) is a one-act Russian play by Anton Chekhov

The original text

Written in 1887 about an old actor who spends the night reminiscing about his life and career in an empty theatre.

Translations and adaptations

English

Translated into English as Swan Song by Marian Fell and published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.

Afrikaans

There are three Afrikaans plays called Swanesang (Swan Song), all three translations of Anton Chekhov's one-act play:

Swanesang by Anton Chekhov/Pietro Nolte (Unpublished, performed 197*)


Swanesang by [[Salomi Louw, published as an acting text by DALRO.

Swanesang by Nico Luwes, published on the Litnet Spens (http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/litnet-spens-swanesang)

Performance history in South Africa

Swanesang presented by the Kaapse Teatergroep, 1972 or 1973. Mavis Lilenstein was the stage manager.


Sources

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll, 1947. 683.


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Written in 1887 about an old actor who spends the night reminiscing about his life and career in an empty theatre.

Originally translated into English by Marian Fell and published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.


See Swansong

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