Difference between revisions of "De Goedhartige Losbol"
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The original French play may possibly have been a three act comedy by Edmé-Guillaume-François Favières entitled ''[[Mauvaise tête et bon coeur]]'' ("A bad head and a good heart") which was first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 10 August, 1789, and published in Paris by Cailleau, & fils in 1790. | The original French play may possibly have been a three act comedy by Edmé-Guillaume-François Favières entitled ''[[Mauvaise tête et bon coeur]]'' ("A bad head and a good heart") which was first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 10 August, 1789, and published in Paris by Cailleau, & fils in 1790. | ||
− | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 133, however, suggests it may be a [[Dutch]] translation of the German play ''[[Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz]]'' by F.G. Hagemann | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 133, however, suggests it may be a [[Dutch]] translation of the German play ''[[Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz]]'' by F.G. Hagemann, but this is most likely a German translation of the French text by Hagemann. |
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Translated into [[Dutch]] from the French by an unknown translator as ''[[De Goedhartige Losbol]]''. The translation published in Amsterdam by Jan Willem Smit, 1799. | Translated into [[Dutch]] from the French by an unknown translator as ''[[De Goedhartige Losbol]]''. The translation published in Amsterdam by Jan Willem Smit, 1799. | ||
+ | Translated into German as ''[[Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz]]'' by F.G. Hagemann. Performed at the Hoftheater , Vienna and published by J.B. Wallishausser, 1802. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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''De Goedhartige Losbol'', Google Books[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=4MWujwEACAAJ&dq=De+goedhartige+losbol.+Blijspel+in+drie+bedrijven.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LM-TVIz9DZTsaIOUgJAP&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA] | ''De Goedhartige Losbol'', Google Books[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=4MWujwEACAAJ&dq=De+goedhartige+losbol.+Blijspel+in+drie+bedrijven.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LM-TVIz9DZTsaIOUgJAP&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA] | ||
− | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Leichtsinn_und_gutes_Herz.html?id=5pkyAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y | + | Facsimile version of ''[[Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz]]'', Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Leichtsinn_und_gutes_Herz.html?id=5pkyAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y] |
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p.133, 240, 246. | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p.133, 240, 246. |
Revision as of 06:38, 28 June 2015
("The kind-hearted rake") A Dutch version of a French comedy in three acts.
(F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: p. 133, however, suggests it may be a Dutch translation of Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz by F.G. Hagemann.
Contents
The original text
The original French play may possibly have been a three act comedy by Edmé-Guillaume-François Favières entitled Mauvaise tête et bon coeur ("A bad head and a good heart") which was first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 10 August, 1789, and published in Paris by Cailleau, & fils in 1790.
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: p. 133, however, suggests it may be a Dutch translation of the German play Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz by F.G. Hagemann, but this is most likely a German translation of the French text by Hagemann.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch from the French by an unknown translator as De Goedhartige Losbol. The translation published in Amsterdam by Jan Willem Smit, 1799.
Translated into German as Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz by F.G. Hagemann. Performed at the Hoftheater , Vienna and published by J.B. Wallishausser, 1802.
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Performed in Cape Town by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 2 December, 1818, with De Deserteur (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.
Sources
Text of Mauvaise tête et bon coeur, Google Books[3]
De Goedhartige Losbol, Google Books[4]
Facsimile version of Leichtsinn und Gutes Herz, Google eBook[5]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p.133, 240, 246.
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