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''[[De Zwervende Jood]]'' ("The Wandering Jew") is a [[Dutch]] translation of a French play or opera by [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]]   
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''[[De Zwervende Jood]]'' ("The Wandering Jew") is a [[Dutch]] play by [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]].    
  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Possibly translated from one of two French operas by Fromental Halévy, most probably ''La Juife'' (1835 with a libretto by Eugène Scribe) or possibly even an early version of ''Le Juif Errant'' (1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges).
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Possibly translated from one of two French operas by Fromental Halévy, most probably ''[[La Juife]]'' ("The Jew") of 1835with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. A later version of the French work, entitled ''[[Le Juif Errant]]'' ("the wandering Jew") appeared in 1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 09:45, 28 July 2017

De Zwervende Jood ("The Wandering Jew") is a Dutch play by Joseph Suasso de Lima.


The original text

Possibly translated from one of two French operas by Fromental Halévy, most probably La Juife ("The Jew") of 1835, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. A later version of the French work, entitled Le Juif Errant ("the wandering Jew") appeared in 1852, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.

Performance history in South Africa

The Dutch play was performed in Cape Town in 1837. The translation was never published.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 256-265, 374

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