Een Hedendaagsch Duel

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Een Hedendaagsch Duel ("a contemporary duel") is a Dutch dramatic sketch by "Giuseppe"

The original text

The only reference to be found to a play of this name is the one in F.C.L. Bosman (1980:pp. 462-3).

Since Bosman lists it as a "dramatiese skerts in 2 Bed." by a "Giuseppe", it is most probably a Dutch version of Il Duello al Buio ("The duel in the dark") a melodrama in two acts, with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Checcherini (1777–1840)[1], which was published by Tipografia Flautina in 1835[2]

See also A Duel in the Dark by J. Stirling Coyne, which is probably also based on Checcherini's original work.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed in Dutch as Een Hedendaagsch Duel (Guiseppe) by Aurora II in Paarl, as an afterpiece to Gustaaf Wasa (Von Kotzebue) on 7 November.

1868: Performed in Dutch as Een Hedendaagsch Duel (Guiseppe) by Aurora II in Paarl, as an afterpiece to Willem Nel (Teengs) on 2 July.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 462-3,

Facsimile version of Il Duello al Buio, Google E-book[3], which was published by Tipografia Flautina in 1835[4]

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Checcherini

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