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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide.
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Strongly influenced by Freud and psychoanalysis, the play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide.
  
First performed and published in 1920.  
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First performed in 1920 and published by Crès in Paris, 1921.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated as ''[[The Failures]]'' (or ''[[Failures]]'') by [[Winifred Katzin]] (1894-1994) and published by Knopf, 1923
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Translated as ''[[The Failures]]'' (or ''[[Failures]]'') by [[Winifred Katzin]] (1894-1994) and published as ''[[Failures: A Play in Fourteen Scenes]]'' by Knopf, 1923
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Ren%C3%A9_Lenormand
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Ren%C3%A9_Lenormand
  
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/lenormand-henri-rene-1882-1951
  
[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1980. "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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Allardyce Nicoll. 1949. ''World Drama. From Aeschylus to the Present Day''. London: George G. Harrap and Co.: p.778.
 
 
[[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.
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
 
  
 
[[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]].
 
[[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]].
 
[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 
 
 
[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1983. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
 
[[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.
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 17:46, 21 May 2020

Les Ratés ("The failures") is a French play in fourteen scenes by Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951)[1]

The original text

Strongly influenced by Freud and psychoanalysis, the play traces the physical and moral disintegration of a playwright and his mistress, a mediocre actress, who, under the pressure of adversity, end their lives in murder and suicide.

First performed in 1920 and published by Crès in Paris, 1921.

Translations and adaptations

Translated as The Failures (or Failures) by Winifred Katzin (1894-1994) and published as Failures: A Play in Fourteen Scenes by Knopf, 1923

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Rene-Lenormand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Ren%C3%A9_Lenormand

https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/lenormand-henri-rene-1882-1951

Allardyce Nicoll. 1949. World Drama. From Aeschylus to the Present Day. London: George G. Harrap and Co.: p.778.

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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