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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Based on the short novel ''Mémoires du Comte de Comminge'' (1735) by Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin , the play tells of the struggles of the King of Castile, Alfonso XI, and his mistress, the "favourite" Leonora, against the backdrop of the political wiles of receding Moorish Spain and the life of the Catholic Church. The text of the play was published in Paris and The Hague by L’Escalapart, in 1764.
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Based on the short novel ''Mémoires du Comte de Comminge'' (1735) by Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin (1682-1749)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Gu%C3%A9rin_de_Tencin], the play tells of the struggles of the King of Castile, Alfonso XI, and his mistress, the "favourite" Leonora, against the backdrop of the political wiles of receding Moorish Spain and the life of the Catholic Church. The text of the play was published in Paris and The Hague by L’Escalapart, in 1764.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
The opera ''[[La Favorite]]'' by was based on the play, and premiered on December 2, 1840 at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) in Paris, France.
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The play formed the basis of the opera ''[[La Favorite]]'' by by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1838)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti] and , with a French libretto by Alphonse Royer (1803-1875)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Royer] and Gustave Vaëz (1812-1862)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Vaëz], which premiered at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) in Paris on December 2, 1840.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
  
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on  
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1895: The operatic version, ''[[La Favorita]]'', performed by the [[Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town. ('''See entry on ''[[La Favorite]]''''')
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of ''[[Les Amans Malheureux, ou Le Comte de Comminge]]’’, "drame en 3 actes et en vers, précédé d'un discours préliminaire et suivi des Mémoires du comte de Comminge", Gallica[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5457964j.pdf]  
 
Facsimile version of ''[[Les Amans Malheureux, ou Le Comte de Comminge]]’’, "drame en 3 actes et en vers, précédé d'un discours préliminaire et suivi des Mémoires du comte de Comminge", Gallica[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5457964j.pdf]  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Gu%C3%A9rin_de_Tencin
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Thomas-Marie_de_Baculard_d%27Arnaud
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Thomas-Marie_de_Baculard_d%27Arnaud
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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.)
 
[[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.)
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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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.401,
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:20, 5 December 2019

Les Amans Malheureux, ou Le Comte de Comminge is a French verse drama in 3 acts by Baculard d'Arnaud (1718–1805)[1].

The original text

Based on the short novel Mémoires du Comte de Comminge (1735) by Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin (1682-1749)[2], the play tells of the struggles of the King of Castile, Alfonso XI, and his mistress, the "favourite" Leonora, against the backdrop of the political wiles of receding Moorish Spain and the life of the Catholic Church. The text of the play was published in Paris and The Hague by L’Escalapart, in 1764.

Translations and adaptations

The play formed the basis of the opera La Favorite by by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1838)[3] and , with a French libretto by Alphonse Royer (1803-1875)[4] and Gustave Vaëz (1812-1862)[5], which premiered at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) in Paris on December 2, 1840.

Performance history in South Africa

1895: The operatic version, La Favorita, performed by the Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company in the Opera House, Cape Town. (See entry on La Favorite)

Sources

Facsimile version of Les Amans Malheureux, ou Le Comte de Comminge’’, "drame en 3 actes et en vers, précédé d'un discours préliminaire et suivi des Mémoires du comte de Comminge", Gallica[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Gu%C3%A9rin_de_Tencin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Thomas-Marie_de_Baculard_d%27Arnaud

Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin, The History of the Count de Comminge, translated by Charlotte Lennox (edited by Marianna D’Ezio) Cambridge Scholars Publishing: pp. 1-3, [7]

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 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.401,

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