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'''''The Fighting Cock''''' is an English translation by Lucienne Hill of ''L’Hurluberlu ou le Réactionnaire amoureux'', a 1959 play by French dramatist [[Jean Anouilh]] (1910-1987) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Anouilh].
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'''''The Fighting Cock''''' is an English translation by Lucienne Hill [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucienne_Hill] of ''L’Hurluberlu ou le Réactionnaire amoureux'', a 1958 play about General Charles de Gaulle by French dramatist [[Jean Anouilh]] (1910-1987) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Anouilh].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Produced by [[PACT]] in 1968. Directed by [[Kerry Jordan]], the cast included [[Michael Atkinson]], [[Dale Cutts]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Jeanette Neale]], [[Anne Courtneidge]] and others. The play opened on 25 September 1968 in the [[Alexander Theatre]].
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1968: Staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Kerry Jordan]], with [[Michael Atkinson]] (The General), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Father Dominique), [[Ian Hamilton]] (Tarquin Edward Mendigales), [[Gillian Lomberg]] (Aglae), [[Hugh Rouse]] (Baron Henri Belazor), [[Frank Douglass]] (Lebelluc), [[Anthony James]] (Ledadu), [[Dale Cutts]] (The Doctor), [[Anne Courtneidge]] (Bise), [[Jeanette Neale]] (Sophie) and others. Designed by [[Aubrey Couling]]. The production opened on 25 September in the [[Alexander Theatre]].
  
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== Sources ==
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[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1968.
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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
  
== Sources ==
 
 
''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1), 1968.
 
''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1), 1968.
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 14:31, 8 September 2015

The Fighting Cock is an English translation by Lucienne Hill [1] of L’Hurluberlu ou le Réactionnaire amoureux, a 1958 play about General Charles de Gaulle by French dramatist Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) [2].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1968: Staged by PACT, directed by Kerry Jordan, with Michael Atkinson (The General), Siegfried Mynhardt (Father Dominique), Ian Hamilton (Tarquin Edward Mendigales), Gillian Lomberg (Aglae), Hugh Rouse (Baron Henri Belazor), Frank Douglass (Lebelluc), Anthony James (Ledadu), Dale Cutts (The Doctor), Anne Courtneidge (Bise), Jeanette Neale (Sophie) and others. Designed by Aubrey Couling. The production opened on 25 September in the Alexander Theatre.

Sources

PACT theatre programme, 1968.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Teater SA, 1(1), 1968.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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