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''[[Encore des Ménechmes]]'' is a French play in three acts by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard].
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==The original text==
 
 
 
Deriving from the ancient theme of the "Menaechmi" (identical twins) popular from the days of Menander and  Plautus and appreaing often in the works of Shakespeare, Regnard, and so on, Picard's play was first performed at the Théâtre de Monsieur, Paris, on  9 June, 1791
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Adapted into German by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller] as ''[[Der Neffe als Onkel]]'' ("The cousin as uncle")
 
 
 
Translated from the German into [[Afrikaans]] by [[D.G. Conradie]] as ''[[Di Neef als Oom]]'' ("The cousin as uncle") in  1909.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
 
 
 
[[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.)
 
 
 
[[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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