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''[[The Idiot]]'' is the English 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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Some adaptations have different titles though, e.g. '''''[[Subject to Fits]]''''' by Robert Montgomery (described not as an adaptation, but as  "a response" to Dostoyevsky's novel). .
 
 
 
 
=''[[L'Idiot]]'' by  André Barsacq (19**)=
 
 
 
Adapted for the stage and translated into French as ''[[L'Idiot]]'' (Dostoevsky/Barsacq) by André Barsacq ()[], it was first performed
 
 
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Barsacq's adaptation translated into English as ''[[The Idiot]]''
 
 
 
Barsacq's adaptation translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Idioot]]''''' by [[Annatjie Vorster|A.E. Gevers-Vorster]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
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]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Idiot_(pi%C3%A8ce_de_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)
 
 
 
B. Poirot-Delpech. 1966. "''L'Idiot'', adapté de Dostoïevsky par André Barsacq", ''Le Monde'' 21 January, 1966[https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1966/01/21/l-idiot-adapte-de-dostoievsky-par-andre-barsacq_2703802_1819218.html
 
 
 
''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969.
 
 
 
''Die Idioot'' theatre programme, 1969.
 
 
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 
 
 
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