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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
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The play was popular and often translated into English, under varying titles, e.g. 
  
The play was popular and often translated into English, under varying titles, e.g.  ''[[Friends or Foes?]]'' by Horace Wigan (1862),  ''[[Our Friends]]'' by George March (1872) and  ''[[Peril]]'' by Saville Rowe (Clement Scott) and B.C. Stephenson (1876).
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''[[Friends or Foes?]]'' by Horace Wigan in 1862
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''[[Our Friends]]'' by George March in 1872  
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''[[Peril]]'' by "Saville Rowe" (Clement Scott, 1841-1904[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Scott]) and "Bolton Rowe" (B.C. Stephenson, 1839-1906[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._C._Stephenson]) in 1876.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
  
1887: ''[[Peril]]'', the English version by Saville and Bolton, was performed as part of the repertoire of  the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] when they played in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town during  April and May. Probably directed by [[Sutton Vane]], who also played the lead, opposite [[Annie Baldwin]].
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1887: ''[[Peril]]'', Scott and Stephenson's  English version, was performed as part of the repertoire of  the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] when they played in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town during  April and May. Probably directed by [[Sutton Vane]], who also played the lead, opposite [[Annie Baldwin]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
  
 
Facsimile version of the 1862 French text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/nosintimescomdi00sardgoog/page/n12]
 
Facsimile version of the 1862 French text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/nosintimescomdi00sardgoog/page/n12]
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https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Peril+by+Saville+and+Bolton&source=bl&ots=hfjXTcOm1B&sig=ACfU3U05un9kMoyZTycPatt0AWWuhaye5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK3aquw-3hAhWYSRUIHU8lD9cQ6AEwCXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Peril%20by%20Saville%20and%20Bolton&f=false
 
https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Peril+by+Saville+and+Bolton&source=bl&ots=hfjXTcOm1B&sig=ACfU3U05un9kMoyZTycPatt0AWWuhaye5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK3aquw-3hAhWYSRUIHU8lD9cQ6AEwCXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Peril%20by%20Saville%20and%20Bolton&f=false
 
 
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
 
  
 
[[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.)
 
[[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.)
  
[[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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 384
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:44, 9 January 2021

Nos Intimes! is a French comedy in four acts by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris on 16 November, 1861 and published by Michel Lévy Frêres, Paris, in 1862.

Translations and adaptations

The play was popular and often translated into English, under varying titles, e.g.

Friends or Foes? by Horace Wigan in 1862

Our Friends by George March in 1872

Peril by "Saville Rowe" (Clement Scott, 1841-1904[2]) and "Bolton Rowe" (B.C. Stephenson, 1839-1906[3]) in 1876.

Performance history in South Africa

1887: Peril, Scott and Stephenson's English version, was performed as part of the repertoire of the Wheeler Theatre Company when they played in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town during April and May. Probably directed by Sutton Vane, who also played the lead, opposite Annie Baldwin.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1862 French text, The Internet Archive[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorien_Sardou

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Peril+by+Saville+and+Bolton&source=bl&ots=hfjXTcOm1B&sig=ACfU3U05un9kMoyZTycPatt0AWWuhaye5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK3aquw-3hAhWYSRUIHU8lD9cQ6AEwCXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Peril%20by%20Saville%20and%20Bolton&f=false

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: p. 384

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