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L'Histoire du Soldat (International) assertion single work   musical theatre   - Two parts
The Soldier's Tale
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 L'Histoire du Soldat
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon A Soldier's Tale Peter Neale , Richard Jasek , ( dir. Richard Jasek ) Australia : Australian Film Television and Radio School , 1988 Z1883714 1988 single work film/TV fantasy

'In 1917, composer Igor Stravinsky and writer C.F Ramuz collaborated to produce a music-theatre work, entitled 'A Soldier's Tale', the story of a soldier returning from the wars who is tricked in to selling his soul to the Devil. Then, as now, the world was faced with intense moral, social and political dilemmas. Using advanced video technology, this Australian Television adaptation of their famous work reinterprets their Faustian morality tale for the late 20th century.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 30/8/2012)

This was the graduate film for prolific television director Richard Jasek, on his graduation from the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School in 1988. The film was released (with that of fellow 1988 graduates Shirley Barrett, Monica Pellizzari, Greg Woodland, Edmund Milts, and Gordon Taylor) on VHS by the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School.

Notes

  • L'Histoire du Soldat is included in AustLit because of its influence on Australian works / Australian-written adaptations.

Production Details

  • First performed Lausanne, Switzerland, 28 September 1918.

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