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''[[La Bisarrerie de la Fortune, ou Le Jeune Philosophe]]''  is a French comedy in five acts by Joseph-Marie Loaisel de Tréogate (1752-1812)

In modern editions of the second edition from 1799 it is found as '''''[[La Bizarrerie de la Fortune, ou Le Jeune Philosophe]]'''''. 

== The orginal text ==

The original French play was first performed in the Theatre du Marais on 16 April 1793. Published in Paris by  Cordier in 1793(?) then in a new, improved, edition with a new ending in 1799 by Gobelet.

==Translations and adaptations==


Translated into [[Dutch]] as '''''[[De Jonge Filosoof, of De Grilligheden van de Fortuin]]''''' from the second, improved, French edition, by an unknown translator and published in Amsterdam by J. Doll in 1803.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1818: Produced in [[Dutch]] by the amateur company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 12 September in their own theatre, with the one act comedy ''[[De Spraaklooze]]'' (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.

== Sources ==


Facsimile version of the first French edition from 1793, E-book, The Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/labisarreriedel00loai]

Facsimile version of the second, improved,  French edition from 1799,E-book,  Bayerische StaatsBibliotek[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10101961_00005.html?zoom=0.55]

Facsimile version of the Dutch edition from 1803, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=xC5bAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. p.133. 

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