Difference between revisions of "Une Chambre pour Deux"
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The English play was in its turn re-translated into French by Charles Varin and Charles Lefèvre and called ''[[Une Chambre à Deux Lits]]'' (1846). | The English play was in its turn re-translated into French by Charles Varin and Charles Lefèvre and called ''[[Une Chambre à Deux Lits]]'' (1846). | ||
There are some critics who see the original French play as a source for both Morton's version of it as well as his most famous play, ''[[Box and Cox]]''. | There are some critics who see the original French play as a source for both Morton's version of it as well as his most famous play, ''[[Box and Cox]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 06:54, 18 August 2019
Une Chambre pour Deux is a by E.F. Prieur ()[] and A. Letorzec ()[].
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The original text
A skit about two men who occupy the same room without being aware of each other's existence, having been tricked by their landlady.
(1839).
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as The Double-Bedded Room by J.M. Morton (1811-1891)[1]
The English play was in its turn re-translated into French by Charles Varin and Charles Lefèvre and called Une Chambre à Deux Lits (1846).
There are some critics who see the original French play as a source for both Morton's version of it as well as his most famous play, Box and Cox.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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