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By Samuel Foote. A Farce in Two Acts. First performed 1762. According to Foote pretended to have taken the theme from Lope de Vega, but it was really founded on Richard Steele's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's ''[[Le Menteur]]''.   
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''[[The Liar]]'' is a farce in two acts by Samuel Foote (1720–1777)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote].
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== The original text ==
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First performed 1762. While Foote indicated that the theme was taken from Lope de Vega, it was really founded on Richard Steele's adaptation of ''[[Le Menteur]]'' ("The Liar") by Pierre Corneille[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Corneille] (1606 – 1684), which in turn had been modeled on ''[[La Verdad Sospechosa]]'' ( Lit. "The suspect truth", published 1634) by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruíz de Alarcon[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ruiz_de_Alarc%C3%B3n] (1581? - 1639).
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1825: Performed by [[C.E. Boniface]]'s society,  [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]] Cape Town on 15 October, with ''[[De Vrouw met Twee Mannen]]'' ("The Woman With Two Husbands") by De Pixérécourt/Van Ray. The cast for this play consisted of messrs [[D. Disant]], [[H. Roselt]], [[C.E. Boniface]], [[M.C. Wolff]], [[F. Waldek]], [[C. Brink]], [[H. Meurant]] and [[Mr Munnik]], and Misses [[C. Roselt]] and [[L. Meurant]]. The plays were followed by a Grand Finale of Ballet with 48 dancers, mostly children.
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1829: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] on 20 June, as afterpiece to ''[[Charles the Second]]'' (Payne).
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ruiz_de_Alarc%C3%B3n
  
 
http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000105116/
 
http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000105116/
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http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Liar.html?id=oH4-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Liar.html?id=oH4-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 294,  
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[[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. 202, 294-6,  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 04:25, 25 July 2017

The Liar is a farce in two acts by Samuel Foote (1720–1777)[1].


The original text

First performed 1762. While Foote indicated that the theme was taken from Lope de Vega, it was really founded on Richard Steele's adaptation of Le Menteur ("The Liar") by Pierre Corneille[2] (1606 – 1684), which in turn had been modeled on La Verdad Sospechosa ( Lit. "The suspect truth", published 1634) by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruíz de Alarcon[3] (1581? - 1639).

Performance history in South Africa

1825: Performed by C.E. Boniface's society, Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in the African Theatre Cape Town on 15 October, with De Vrouw met Twee Mannen ("The Woman With Two Husbands") by De Pixérécourt/Van Ray. The cast for this play consisted of messrs D. Disant, H. Roselt, C.E. Boniface, M.C. Wolff, F. Waldek, C. Brink, H. Meurant and Mr Munnik, and Misses C. Roselt and L. Meurant. The plays were followed by a Grand Finale of Ballet with 48 dancers, mostly children.

1829: Performed in Cape Town by the Cape Town Amateur Company on 20 June, as afterpiece to Charles the Second (Payne).


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ruiz_de_Alarc%C3%B3n

http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000105116/

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Liar.html?id=oH4-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 202, 294-6,


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