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| − | ''[[The Idiot]]'' is the name of a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), as well as a number of plays, some based on his novel.
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| − | =''[[L'Idiot]]'' by André Barsacq (19**)=
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| − | Adapted for the stage and translated into French as ''[[L'Idiot]]'' (Dostoevsky/Barsacq)]]'' by André Barsacq ()[], it was first performed
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Barsacq's adaptation translated into English as ''[[The Idiot]]''
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| − | Barsacq's adaptation translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Idioot]]''''' by [[Annatjie Vorster|A.E. Gevers-Vorster]].
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| − | Another text based on Doestoevsky's novel is ''[[Subject to Fits]]'' by Robert Montgomery, which he does not call an adaptation but "a response" to Dostoyevsky's novel. .
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1969: ''[[Die Idioot]]'', the Afrikaans version of the Barsacq text, was directed for [[CAPAB]] by [[Jo Gevers]], opening at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] on 2 January 1969 and on 20 January 1969 in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town. [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Ernst Eloff]] and [[Tine Balder]] in the lead roles, with [[Wena Naudé]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Cheryl Heath]], [[Heléne Carstens]], [[Lianda Martin]], [[Val Donald]], [[Dawid van der Walt]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[Roelf Laubscher]], [[Martin Crous]], [[Will Bernard]] and [[Sandra Kotzé]]. Costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969.
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| − | ''Die Idioot'' theatre programme, 1969.
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 I|I]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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