Frédéric à Spandau, ou Le Libelle

Frédéric à Spandau, ou Le Libelle is a French melodrama in 3 acts by J.J.M. Duperche (1775?-1829) and Hyacinthe Dorvo (1769-1851).

The original text
First performed in French at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, on 1 February, 1806. Published in Paris by Barba, 1806.

Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch by Casper Vreedenberg as Frederik de Groote te Spandau, of Het Lasterschrift, and published in 1806 by Abraham Mars, Amsterdam - though only crediting Dorvo as the original author. Performed by at the Stads Schouwburg, Amsterdam in the same year.

Performance history in South Africa
1834: Performed in Dutch as as Frederik de Groote te Spandau, of Het Lasterschrift by Tot Nut en Vermaak in De Liefhebbery Toneel  on 2 August, 1834,  with a small ballet and Meester Vink, of De Vermiste Diamant (Désaugiers and Gentil) as an afterpiece. Ballet and music arranged by C.E. Boniface ), and music directed by W. Boonzaayer.

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