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''[[Guillaume de Nassau, où 15 Ans d'Histoire]]'' is a French opera in three acts with libretto by Charles Durand (1804-1863)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Durand_(%C3%A9diteur)] with music by Louis Charles Lazare Costard de Mézeray (1810-1887)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Charles_Lazare_Costard_de_M%C3%A9zeray]. 

The title is also found simply as ''[[Guillaume de Nassau]]''. 

==The original text==


Termed a ''drame historique et lyrique en trois actes'', it was first performed at the Théâtre Français de la Haye on 20 September, 1832, and published in Rotterdam by J.L.C. Jacob in 1832. 

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Nassau, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Nederlandsche Geschiedenis]]'' (and called "een lyrisch-dramatisch-tafereel in drie afdeelingen") by Hendrik Kuijper. Published in 1834 by W.J. Bruining, Rotterdam. 

Also found with the title ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' , the translation credited to "G. de J."

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 7 May in the [[Germania Hall]], Cape Town, with ''[[De Weddenschap]]'' ([[Melt Brink|Brink]]).

1874: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 12 May in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, with ''[[Twee Dooven]]'' ([[Melt Brink|Brink]]).

== Sources ==


Bibliographic details of the French text, Koninklijke Verzamelingen, Den Haag[http://www.koninklijkeverzamelingen.nl/mediabank/detail/4968b384-27a0-531c-ba16-1be156459646/media/58d828e2-a00f-b763-9b60-07b3cd6ed961]

Facsimile version of the original of the French text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=6_hTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=Charles+Durand+M%C3%A9zeray&source=bl&ots=Xs10gutu-C&sig=1_Ymcr3xde7wHjjocRD8C-Oms4c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvmbrP0tfYAhVqAsAKHaMzDcYQ6AEIRjAK#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Durand%20M%C3%A9zeray&f=false]

Facsimile version of the Dutch text of ''Willem van Nassau'', Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qShlAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Durand_(%C3%A9diteur)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 467, 469

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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