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In 1908, the play was the basis for a libretto for an opera by Alberto Colantuoni, titled Eidelberga Mia, with music by Ubaldo Pacchierotti; it was later translated into German by Ottoman Piltz in 1909 under the original German title. | In 1908, the play was the basis for a libretto for an opera by Alberto Colantuoni, titled Eidelberga Mia, with music by Ubaldo Pacchierotti; it was later translated into German by Ottoman Piltz in 1909 under the original German title. | ||
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Alt-Heidelberg ("Old Heidelberg") is a German drama in five acts by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (a.k.a. Samar Gregorow), (1862-1934)[1].
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The original text
A play was based on Meyer-Förster's own 1898 novel Karl Heinrich, it tells the story of Prince Karl from Saxony who, while studying at the Heidelberg University, falls in love with Käthie, an innkeeper's daughter, but has to give her up when his father dies and he is called to return to his homeland and rule as King.
The play was first performed in 1901.
Translations and adaptations
Translations
Translated into English as Old Heidelberg by Rudolf Bleichmann and first produced at St. James's Theatre on 19 March, 1903, playing till 17 July, before going to the Grand Theatre, Southampton for the 1903–1904 season.
Translated from the German into Afrikaans as Ou Heidelberg by M.R. Heyns, published by De Bussy, 1932.
Stage Adaptations
In 1908, the play was the basis for a libretto for an opera by Alberto Colantuoni, titled Eidelberga Mia, with music by Ubaldo Pacchierotti; it was later translated into German by Ottoman Piltz in 1909 under the original German title.
In 1924 the play provided the basis for the 1924 operetta The Student Prince[2], with music by Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)[3] and a book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly (1880-1928) [4]. The piece opened at the Jolson Theatre, New York on 2 December, 1924, running for 608 performances and becoming the longest-running Broadway show of the 1920s.
Film versions
Owing to the story's popularity as Meyer-Förster's best-known work, the original play has been turned into films on numerous occasions, including the American silent film Old Heidelberg (1915), the German silent film Alt-Heidelberg (1923), Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1926), and Ernst Marischka's Old Heidelberg (1959).
Performance history in South Africa
1904: Performed in English as Old Heidelberg in the Cape Town Opera House on 7 March, by the Sass-Nelson Company, featuring T.B. Thalberg as "Karl Heinrich", Edward Sass as "Dr Juttner", Eugene Mayeur as "Kellermann", Katherine Pole as "Katie". The production is exceedingly highly praised by D.C. Boonzaier in his memoires.
1904: Performed once more by the Sass-Nelson Company in the Cape Town Opera House during August.
1939: Produced in Afrikaans as Ou Heidelberg by Kurt Baum (1901-1964) and the Die Ossewateater.
1942: The Afrikaans version, also titled Alt-Heidelberg, was presented by the Vrouevereniging van Stellenbosch ("Stellenbosch Women's Association") under the auspices of K.A.T., November 1942, in the Hofmeyr Hall
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Meyer-F%C3%B6rster
https://www.prints-online.com/old-heidelberg-rudolf-bleichmann-14255179.html
Frederik Jacobus Nel. 1972. Die Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging, 1934-1962. Unpublished master’s thesis. University of Stellenbosch.
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.419, 421
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