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Female singer from the George Du Maurier novel ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39858 Trilby]'', set in 1850s Paris. First published as a serial in 1894 in ''Harper's Monthly'', it was published in book form in 1895. | Female singer from the George Du Maurier novel ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39858 Trilby]'', set in 1850s Paris. First published as a serial in 1894 in ''Harper's Monthly'', it was published in book form in 1895. | ||
| − | Trilby O'Ferrall, a tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, | + | Trilby O'Ferrall, a tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, falls under the spell of Svengali, who through hypnotism, turns her into the talented singing sensation "la Svengali," but only when she is under his hypnosis. |
| − | The novel gave us the term "Svengali | + | The novel: |
| + | *gave us the term "Svengali" | ||
| + | *partly inspired Gaston Leroux's novel ''[[:Category:Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1910) | ||
| + | *named a hat called the trilby. | ||
| − | [[Category:1894]] | + | ==Adaptations== |
| + | *The novel was adapted into a long-running play, ''Trilby'', starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali, premiering in London in 1895. | ||
| + | *The play was so popular it was parodied as ''A Model Trilby; or, A Day or Two After Du Maurier'' by Charles H. E. Brookfield and William Yardley, 1895. | ||
| + | * ''Trilby'', a 1914 British silent film starring Viva Birkett and Herbert Beerbohm Tree | ||
| + | * ''Trilby'', a 1915 American silent film starring Clara Kimball Young and Wilton Lackaye | ||
| + | * ''Trilby'', a 1923 American silent film starring Andree Lafayette, Arthur Edmund Carewe and Creighton Hale | ||
| + | * ''Svengali'', a 1927 German silent film starring Paul Wegener | ||
| + | * ''Svengali'', a 1931 Warner Brothers release with John Barrymore in the title role. | ||
| + | * ''Svengali'', a 1954 British film starring Donald Wolfit | ||
| + | *''Svengali'', a 1983 TV movie starring Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster | ||
| + | *''Svengali'', a 1991 stage musical adaptation by Frank Wildhorn | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:1894|Svengali]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Novels|Svengali]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional singers|Svengali]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:12, 14 June 2019
Female singer from the George Du Maurier novel Trilby, set in 1850s Paris. First published as a serial in 1894 in Harper's Monthly, it was published in book form in 1895.
Trilby O'Ferrall, a tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, falls under the spell of Svengali, who through hypnotism, turns her into the talented singing sensation "la Svengali," but only when she is under his hypnosis.
The novel:
- gave us the term "Svengali"
- partly inspired Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910)
- named a hat called the trilby.
Adaptations
- The novel was adapted into a long-running play, Trilby, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali, premiering in London in 1895.
- The play was so popular it was parodied as A Model Trilby; or, A Day or Two After Du Maurier by Charles H. E. Brookfield and William Yardley, 1895.
- Trilby, a 1914 British silent film starring Viva Birkett and Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- Trilby, a 1915 American silent film starring Clara Kimball Young and Wilton Lackaye
- Trilby, a 1923 American silent film starring Andree Lafayette, Arthur Edmund Carewe and Creighton Hale
- Svengali, a 1927 German silent film starring Paul Wegener
- Svengali, a 1931 Warner Brothers release with John Barrymore in the title role.
- Svengali, a 1954 British film starring Donald Wolfit
- Svengali, a 1983 TV movie starring Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster
- Svengali, a 1991 stage musical adaptation by Frank Wildhorn
