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1831: Performed in the shortened [[Dutch]] version (''[[De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling]]''), by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 21 August, with ''[[Het Glas Water]]'' (Von Guttenberg) as afterpiece. | 1831: Performed in the shortened [[Dutch]] version (''[[De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling]]''), by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 21 August, with ''[[Het Glas Water]]'' (Von Guttenberg) as afterpiece. | ||
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1873: Dutch version performed in the [[Oddfellows Hall|Odd Fellows' Hall]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst|Door Ijver bloeit de Kunst]] (D.Y.b.d.K.) on 18 September 1873. | 1873: Dutch version performed in the [[Oddfellows Hall|Odd Fellows' Hall]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst|Door Ijver bloeit de Kunst]] (D.Y.b.d.K.) on 18 September 1873. | ||
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Abällino, der Grosse Bandit ("Abällino the Great Bandit") is a German 5-act German tragedy by Heinrich Zschokke[1] (1771 - 1848)
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The original text
Based on his own novel, Abällino der Grosse Bandit (1793) and it in turn modelled on Schiller's Die Räuber. The play was first produced in 1794, published by Apitz in 1795.
Translations and adaptations
Translations:
The full version translated into Dutch by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop as Aballino de Groote Bandiet (also written Aballino, De Groote Bandiet). The Dutch version first performed ***, published by J. Dóll, [1796], 1805 (3rd edition)
Adaptations:
The play was adapted, much shortened, and totally rewritten as L'homme à Trois Visages, ou Le Proscrit ("The man with three faces, or the exile"), a 3 act melodrama in French, by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt[2]. First performed at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in Paris in 1801.
The three-act version translated into Dutch as De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling ("The man with three faces, or the exile") by G.L.P. Sievers, and performed in 1801, simultaneously in Amsterdam with the French version in Paris. Published Amsterdam by J. Dóll, 1802.
Performance history in South Africa
1831: Performed in the shortened Dutch version (De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling), by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 21 August, with Het Glas Water (Von Guttenberg) as afterpiece.
1835: the full Dutch version performed in Cape Town
1873: Dutch version performed in the Odd Fellows' Hall by Door Ijver bloeit de Kunst (D.Y.b.d.K.) on 18 September 1873.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Zschokke
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Aballino_de_groote_bandiet.html?id=6GI6uAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Bosman, F.C.L., Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I, 1652-1855, 1928: pp. 334,
Bosman, F.C.L., Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. 1980).
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