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''[[Der Raub der Sabinerinnen]]'' () is a German comedy by Franz von Schönthan (1849-1913)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_und_Paul_von_Sch%C3%B6nthan] and Paul von Schönthan (1853-1905)
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== The original text ==
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Written in von 1883 and first performed in Stettin. Austria, in 1884.
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== Translations ==
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Adapted into an English comedy in four acts called ''[[A Night Off, or a Page from Balzac]]'' by Augustin Daly ()[] and produced at Daly's Theatre, New York on 4 March, 1885. First printed, as manuscript only, for the author, by the press of the Globe Printing Company, Philadelphia, in 1885 and formally published in New York by Fitzgerald Publishing Company, c1897.
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Filmed three times in German (1928, 1936 and 1954) and once in Italian (as ''[[Il ratto delle Sabine]]'', 1945), and numerous times broadcast in German as a radio drama .
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1900: Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
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== Sources ==
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Raub_der_Sabinerinnen_(Kom%C3%B6die)
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_und_Paul_von_Sch%C3%B6nthan
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Facsimile version of the 1885 manuscript of the English text by Daly, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.088260147&view=1up&seq=7]
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Facsimile version of the 1897 English text by Daly, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433043220098]
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 05:57, 24 December 2019

Der Raub der Sabinerinnen () is a German comedy by Franz von Schönthan (1849-1913)[1] and Paul von Schönthan (1853-1905)

The original text

Written in von 1883 and first performed in Stettin. Austria, in 1884.

Translations

Adapted into an English comedy in four acts called A Night Off, or a Page from Balzac by Augustin Daly ()[] and produced at Daly's Theatre, New York on 4 March, 1885. First printed, as manuscript only, for the author, by the press of the Globe Printing Company, Philadelphia, in 1885 and formally published in New York by Fitzgerald Publishing Company, c1897.

Filmed three times in German (1928, 1936 and 1954) and once in Italian (as Il ratto delle Sabine, 1945), and numerous times broadcast in German as a radio drama .

Performance history in South Africa

1900: Performed by the Herbert Flemming Company as part of an extended season in the Opera House, Cape Town.

Sources

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Raub_der_Sabinerinnen_(Kom%C3%B6die)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_und_Paul_von_Sch%C3%B6nthan

Facsimile version of the 1885 manuscript of the English text by Daly, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

Facsimile version of the 1897 English text by Daly, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page