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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.  
  
A tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, she falls under the spell of Svengali, who through hypnotism, turns her into the singing sensation "la Svengali," but only when she is under his hypnosis.
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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.  
  
[[Category:1894]]
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The novel:
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*gave us the term "Svengali"
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*partly inspired Gaston Leroux's novel ''[[:Category:Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1910)
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*named a hat called the trilby.
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==Adaptations==
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*The novel was adapted into a long-running play, ''Trilby'', starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali, premiering in London in 1895.
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*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.
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* ''Trilby'', a 1914 British silent film starring Viva Birkett and Herbert Beerbohm Tree
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* ''Trilby'', a 1915 American silent film starring Clara Kimball Young and Wilton Lackaye
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* ''Trilby'', a 1923 American silent film starring Andree Lafayette, Arthur Edmund Carewe and Creighton Hale
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* ''Svengali'', a 1927 German silent film starring Paul Wegener
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* ''Svengali'', a 1931 Warner Brothers release with John Barrymore in the title role.
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* ''Svengali'', a 1954 British film starring Donald Wolfit
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*''Svengali'', a 1983 TV movie starring Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster
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*''Svengali'', a 1991 stage musical adaptation by Frank Wildhorn
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[[Category:1894|Svengali]]
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[[Category:Novels|Svengali]]
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[[Category:Fictional singers|Svengali]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 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