The Idiot
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.
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). .
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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 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.
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