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| − | ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'' is a three act ''opéra-comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn].
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | ''[[Der Krumme Teufel]]'' ("The Lame Devil" or "The Limping Devil") is a ''Singspiel''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singspiel] in two acts by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn]. First performed ca. 1751, but banned after 2 performances, but was performed again in 1752, and a revised version, ''[[Der Neue Krumme Teufel]]'' ("The Return of the Lame Devil" or literally "The New Limping Devil"), was performed in 1757 or 1758, and published ca. 1760.
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| − | It would appear that another revised, three act, version entitled ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'' was then written by Von Kurz, published and printed by Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern, in 1770.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 129) suggests that the 1770 text may possibly have been translated into French as ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' for performance in South Africa.
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| − | == South African performances ==
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| − | 1811: Performed in Cape Town as ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' on 15 July by the teacher [[François Agron]] with his young students (under 14 years of age), and billed as a "new piece".
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Asmodeus_der_krumme_Teufel.html?id=PM25mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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| − | Facsimile version of ''Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel'' by Kurtz, the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0005/bsb00054658/images/index.html?id=00054658&groesser=&fip=qrsxseayaqrsxsewqxdsydewqyzts&no=19&seite=5]
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| − | [[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/]: p.129.
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