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''[[Bergen en Dalen]]'' ("mountains and dales") is a [[Dutch]] version of an unnamed German play in two acts by Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873)[http://www.theatrehistory.com/german/benedix001.html]  
 
''[[Bergen en Dalen]]'' ("mountains and dales") is a [[Dutch]] version of an unnamed German play in two acts by Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873)[http://www.theatrehistory.com/german/benedix001.html]  
  
Also found as ''[[Bergen en Dalen Onmoeten Elkanderen Niet, Maar de Menschen Wel]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=M8teAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA469&lpg=PA469&dq=Bergen+en+dalen+:+blijspel+in+twee+bedrijven&source=bl&ots=iVVoTQDugV&sig=z-P8S6TuY16hrT-cjJ2ivH-7i4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE19vfwbHaAhVpJcAKHRTtBGUQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Bergen%20en%20dalen%20%3A%20blijspel%20in%20twee%20bedrijven&f=false], apparently a [[Dutch]] version of a play by Dortoit and Desforges (17
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Also found is a two act play called ''[[Bergen en Dalen Onmoeten Elkanderen Niet, Maar de Menschen Wel]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=M8teAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA469&lpg=PA469&dq=Bergen+en+dalen+:+blijspel+in+twee+bedrijven&source=bl&ots=iVVoTQDugV&sig=z-P8S6TuY16hrT-cjJ2ivH-7i4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE19vfwbHaAhVpJcAKHRTtBGUQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Bergen%20en%20dalen%20%3A%20blijspel%20in%20twee%20bedrijven&f=false], ("mountains and dales do not meet each other, but people do"), apparently a [[Dutch]] version of a French play by Dortoit and Desforges (published by J.Sacre in Brussels).
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
The  [[Dutch]] translation was done by  Jan Schuitemaker (fl. 1865).  Published for the [[Rederijkers]] in Purmerende by Schuitemaker, 1861.
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The  [[Dutch]] translation of the Benedix play was done by  Jan Schuitemaker (fl. 1865).  Published for the [[Rederijkers]] in Purmerende by Schuitemaker, 1861.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 07:54, 11 April 2018

Bergen en Dalen ("mountains and dales") is a Dutch version of an unnamed German play in two acts by Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873)[1]

Also found is a two act play called Bergen en Dalen Onmoeten Elkanderen Niet, Maar de Menschen Wel[2], ("mountains and dales do not meet each other, but people do"), apparently a Dutch version of a French play by Dortoit and Desforges (published by J.Sacre in Brussels).

The original text

The Dutch translation of the Benedix play was done by Jan Schuitemaker (fl. 1865). Published for the Rederijkers in Purmerende by Schuitemaker, 1861.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Liedertafel in Cape Town on 4 June, with Ferdinand de Speler (Nieuwmeyer).

1873: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 8 May, with De Diamanten der Kroon (Scribe, et al.).

1879: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 28 August, with De Gebochelde (Regland).

Sources

Library Catalogue, University of Leiden[3]

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderich_Benedix

A.B. Saakes, 1828. Naamlijst van Nederduitsche boeken, als mede van Fransche en Latijnsche werken, oratien, dissertatien, konstprenten, pourtraitten, landkaarten enz. gedurende de jaaren ... in ons vaderland uitgekomen, Volume 8[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.463, 468, 472


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