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| − | ''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | First performed on 22 November 1832, the play was banned by the French government after one evening, and, despite vain court battles, remained so for 50 years.
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| − | It finally had a second performance at the Comédie-Française on 22 November 1882, the date of the play's 50th anniversary, leading to 19 performances that year and 28 more in 1883.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | ==='''''[[Rigoletto]]''''' (1851)===
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| − | Most notably the play was used as the source for ''[[Rigoletto]]'', and opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi ()[].
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| − | Based on the play ''[[Le Roi S'Amuse]]'' by Victor Hugo (), the opera was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), with an Italian libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave ()[]. It tells the tragic story of the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.
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| − | The opera's was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), and refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement.
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| − | Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the Verdi opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
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| − | A number of film versions have been made, including ''Rigoletto'' (1918),
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| − | ''Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956), ''Rigoletto'' (1982), ''Rigoletto'' (1993) and ''Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story'' (2005). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1893-4: Performed by the [[Lyric Opera Company]] on tour in South Africa, including performances in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto
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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.203-205
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