The Corsican Brothers

The Corsican Brothers
Painting by Edward Henry Corbould depicting a scene from The Corsican Brothers in an 1852 London adaptation
Author	Alexandre Dumas, père
Publication date	1844

The Corsican Brothers (French: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, père, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's pains. It has been adapted many times on the stage and in film.

Plot

The story starts in March 1841, when the narrator travels to Corsica and stays at the home of the widow Savilia de Franchi who lives near Olmeto and Sullacaro. She is a mother of a former conjoined twin, Louis and Lucien. Louis is a lawyer in Paris, while Lucien clings on to his Corsican roots and thus stays at his mother's home. The narrator learns that the brothers were once conjoined, but separated at birth by a doctor with his scalpel. Despite being separated Louis and Lucien can still feel each other's emotions, even at distance. Lucien explains he has a mission to undertake, with reluctance. He has to mediate in a vendetta between the Orlandi and Colona families and invites the narrator to accompany him and meet the head of the Orlandi family....

Adaptations

Theatre

The story was adapted into a play as early as 1852. ^[1]

Film

The Corsican Brothers (1898), directed by film pioneer and inventor George Albert Smith
The Corsican Brothers (1902), directed by Dicky Winslow
The Corsican Brothers (1912), featuring George Lessey
The Corsican Brothers (1915), starring King Baggot in the dual title roles, directed by George Lessey
The Corsican Brothers Up To Date (1915), directed by Charles Hutchison
The Corsican Brothers (1917), directed by André Antoine
The Corsican Brothers (1920), directed by Louis J. Gasnier
The Corsican Brothers (1941), starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Apoorva Sagodharargal (1949, Tamil film), starring M. K. Radha and P. Bhanumathi, directed by Acharya, produced by Gemini Studios.
The Bandits of Corsica (1953), starring Richard Greene in the dual title roles, directed by Ray Nazarro
The Corsican Brothers (1961 film), a 1961 film
Aggi Pidugu (1964 Telugu film), directed by B. Vittalacharya, starring N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari, and Rajasri
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), a parody starring Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland as two sets of identical twins
Neerum Neruppum, starring M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa
Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984), a parody
The Corsican Brothers (1985), a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie featuring Trevor Eve
Blood Brothers, a long-running 1983 British musical
Twin Dragons, (1992) starring Jackie Chan

In popular culture

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters Tomax and Xamot are twin brothers described as having "Corsican Syndrome" in that they share a psychic link and can feel each other's pain.
In the U.S. television science fiction series Warehouse 13, "The Corsican Brothers' Vest" is an artefact which causes who ever hurts the wearer to feel the pain (and get wounded) instead of him. In episode 24 of season 2, H.G.Wells' character wears the vest and when being shot, the shooter gets the bullet instead.
In Dear Bill, the parody of British political life during the Thatcher era, Denis Thatcher routinely refers to the government's PR consultants Saatchi and Saatchi as "The Corsican Brothers".

External links

The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas (English) Henry Frith's translation on Project Gutenberg
The Corsican Brothers public domain audiobook at LibriVox
The Corsican Brothers (1898) at the Internet Movie Database
The Corsican Brothers (1902) at the Internet Movie Database
The Corsican Brothers (1912) at the Internet Movie Database
The Corsican Brothers (1915) at the Internet Movie Database
The Corsican Brothers Up To Date (1915) at the Internet Movie Database
The Corsican Brothers (1917) at the Internet Movie Database
The Corsican Brothers (1920) at the Internet Movie Database
The Bandits of Corsica (1953) at the Internet Movie Database
Zoot Radio, free old time radio show downloads of The Corsican Brothers

References

↑ https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/boucicault/plays/corsican.html

Alexandre Dumas's The Corsican Brothers

Films	The Corsican Brothers (1941) Apoorva Sagodharargal (1949) The Bandits of Corsica (1953) Neerum Neruppum (1971) Gora Aur Kala (1972)

Parody	Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)

Musical	Blood Brothers (1983)

Alexandre Dumas

Novels	The Count of Monte Cristo The Three Musketeers The Corsican Brothers The Black Tulip Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge La Dame de Monsoreau Georges The Knight of Sainte-Hermine The Queen's Necklace La Reine Margot The New Troy Twenty Years After The Two Dianas The Vicomte de Bragelonne The Wolf Leader La Sanfelice The Women's War

Characters	Edmond Dantès Aramis Athos Anne of Austria D'Artagnan Abbé Faria Milady de Winter Porthos Cardinal Richelieu Comte de Rochefort M. de Tréville

Films	The Corsican Brothers (1941) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers The Fifth Musketeer The Four Musketeers The Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) The Man in the Iron Mask Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers The Musketeer La Reine Margot (1954) La Reine Margot (1994) The Return of the Musketeers Les Trois Mousquetaires The Three Musketeers (1921) The Three Musketeers (1933) The Three Musketeers (1948) The Three Musketeers (1969) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Three Musketeers (1992 animated) The Three Musketeers (1993) The Three Musketeers (2011)

TV programmes	Gankutsuou Albert the Fifth Musketeer The Count of Monte Cristo Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Young Blades The Three Musketeers

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