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| − | ("Gustavus, or the Swedish miners") Subtitled: "Geschiedkundig tooneelspel in 5 bedrijven" (i.e. "an historic play in five acts"), this is a [[Dutch]] translation of the French play ''[[Gustave en | + | ("Gustavus, or the Swedish miners") Subtitled: "Geschiedkundig tooneelspel in 5 bedrijven" (i.e. "an historic play in five acts"), this is a [[Dutch]] translation of the French play ''[[Gustave en Dalécarlie, ou les mineurs suédois]]'' (1803) by Jean Henri Ferdinand Lamartélière. |
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Revision as of 07:30, 26 November 2014
("Gustavus, or the Swedish miners") Subtitled: "Geschiedkundig tooneelspel in 5 bedrijven" (i.e. "an historic play in five acts"), this is a Dutch translation of the French play Gustave en Dalécarlie, ou les mineurs suédois (1803) by Jean Henri Ferdinand Lamartélière.
Contents
Original French text
Full title: "Gustave en Dalécarlie, ou, les mineurs suédois: anecdote historique en cinq actes, en prose". A French play by Jean Henri Ferdinand Lamartelière, produced in Paris, and published there Chez Barba in 1803.
Tranlsations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Gustavus, of De Zweedsche Mijnwerkers and published by Hendrik van Kesteren, Amsterdam in 1804.
Performance history in South Africa
1819: A copy of text of the Dutch version requested by the Cape Town amateur company Men Doet Wat Men Kan. No record of an actual production though.
Sources
J.A. Worp, Geschiedenis van het drama en van het tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2. Wolters, Groningen 1907[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. pp 135,
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