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''[[Le Juif Polonais]]'' ("The Polish Jew") is a play in three acts by Erckmann-Chatrian
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==The original text==
 
 
 
First performed in 1867
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Translated into English as ''[[The Bells]]'' by Leopold Lewis (1828-1890). First performed at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on November 25, 1871, starring Sir Henry Irving as "Mathias". 
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
The play is notable in South Africa as the play that launched the South African theatrical careers of two notable businessmen, who also happened to be pugelists and performers: [[Barney Barnato]] and [[Harry Stodel]].
 
 
 
189*: Performed in Kimberley with [[Barney Barnato]] playing "Matthias". 
 
 
 
1890: Performed at [[Rowley's Music Hall]], Johannesburg, August 1890, with [[Harry Stodel]] as "Matthias".
 
 
 
1945: The [[Sonderwater Dramatic Society]] performed Act III of ''[[The Bells]]'' in English as their entry in the 1945 [[FATSSA]] Play Festival, directed by Captain [[J.M. Eloff]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
''Trek'', 10(8):23, 1945.
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_(play)
 
 
 
[[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]]. 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, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
 
 
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