Les Deux Orphelines

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Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."

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instanceOf French play
melodrama
stage play
author Adolphe d’Ennery
Eugène Cormon
basedOn original story by Adolphe d’Ennery
circulation performed in Europe
performed in North America
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceDate 1874
genre drama
melodrama
hasAdaptation Les Deux Orphelines self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le due orfanelle (Italian film adaptation)

Orphans of the Storm
The Two Orphans
surface form: The Two Orphans (1915 film)

The Two Orphans (1933 film)
The Two Orphans (1942 film)
The Two Orphans (1947 film)
The Two Orphans (1965 film)
hasStageRevival multiple international revivals
historicalContext French Revolutionary era setting
influenced silent film melodrama
mainCharacters two orphaned sisters
notableAdaptor D. W. Griffith
notableFilmAdaptation Orphans of the Storm
notableFor being widely adapted for cinema
popular success in 19th-century French theatre
numberOfActs 5
originalLanguage French
originalMedium theatre
performanceType spoken drama
placeOfFirstPerformance Paris
publicationCentury 19th century
settingLocation Paris
settingPeriod French Revolution
theme class differences
sacrifice
sisterhood
social injustice
title Les Deux Orphelines self-link
translatedTitle The Two Orphans
workForm play script

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Orphans of the Storm basedOn Les Deux Orphelines
The Two Orphans originalTitle Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines title Les Deux Orphelines self-link
Les Deux Orphelines hasAdaptation Les Deux Orphelines self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le due orfanelle (Italian film adaptation)