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''[[De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven]]'' (lit. "the co-lover of himself") is a [[French]] musical comedy by Denis Carolet ()[].
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''[[De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven]]'' (lit. "the co-lover of himself") is a French musical comedy by Denis Carolet ()[].
  
 
   
 
   
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into Dutch as ''[[De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven]]'' (lit. "the co-lover of himself") and billed as a [[Dutch]] musical comedy by Denis Carolet ()[]. Described as a "blyspel met zang in één bedryf" (a "comedy in one act with singing") , it was published in Rotterdam by J. Hofhout en Zoon, 1800.
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Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven]]'' (lit. "the co-lover of himself") by M. Westerman and described as a [[vaudeville]] or "blyspel met zang in één bedryf" (a "comedy in one act with singing"), it was published in Rotterdam by J. Hofhout en Zoon, 1800, but credited to .
  
  

Revision as of 05:21, 9 September 2020

De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven (lit. "the co-lover of himself") is a French musical comedy by Denis Carolet ()[].


The original text

A French play by

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven (lit. "the co-lover of himself") by M. Westerman and described as a vaudeville or "blyspel met zang in één bedryf" (a "comedy in one act with singing"), it was published in Rotterdam by J. Hofhout en Zoon, 1800, but credited to .



Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed in Dutch as De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven in Paarl on 26 May by an unnamed company (referred to by Bosman simply as "plaaslike jong liefhebbers" - i.e. "local young amateurs"), without any author or venue being mentioned either.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1800 edition of the Dutch text by Hofhout, Google E-book[1]

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: p.444

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