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First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779. | First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779. | ||
| − | + | == Translations and adaptations == | |
| − | + | The Italian original was apparently translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper]]'' ("The lottery tickets or the cheated shoe repairer") by the [[Dutch]] theatre manager and actor Ward Bingley (1757 -1818)[http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward], and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley. | |
| − | + | Apparently the title was adapted to ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker]]'' ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker") in later publications. | |
| − | + | Simply called '''''[[De Lotery Briefjes]]''''' in South Africa. | |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1822: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Lotery Briefjes]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 23 November by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]], with ''[[Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera]]'' (Barbaz) and ''[[Het Losse Schot]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | + | 1822: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Lotery Briefjes]]'' (and credited to Bingley) in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 23 November by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]], with ''[[Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera]]'' (Barbaz) and ''[[Het Losse Schot]]'' (Von Kotzebue). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Facsimile version of ''Les Deux Billets'' (1782): Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=HYdm3EOPG7cC&pg=PP14&lpg=PP14&dq=Les+Billets+de+Loterie+une+comedie&source=bl&ots=lWvW6xc_MN&sig=VRCCqOJiIH7Uc1CmpYsO96efDEg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7iu-NxprPAhUBAsAKHQ_sB9Q4ChDoAQgYMAA#v=onepage&q=Les%20Billets%20de%20Loterie%20une%20comedie&f=false] | Facsimile version of ''Les Deux Billets'' (1782): Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=HYdm3EOPG7cC&pg=PP14&lpg=PP14&dq=Les+Billets+de+Loterie+une+comedie&source=bl&ots=lWvW6xc_MN&sig=VRCCqOJiIH7Uc1CmpYsO96efDEg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7iu-NxprPAhUBAsAKHQ_sB9Q4ChDoAQgYMAA#v=onepage&q=Les%20Billets%20de%20Loterie%20une%20comedie&f=false] | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], | + | |
| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. p.234 | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:35, 16 April 2017
Les Deux Billets is a one act "Arlequinade" by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779.
Translations and adaptations
The Italian original was apparently translated into Dutch as De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper ("The lottery tickets or the cheated shoe repairer") by the Dutch theatre manager and actor Ward Bingley (1757 -1818)[2], and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley.
Apparently the title was adapted to De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker") in later publications.
Simply called De Lotery Briefjes in South Africa.
Performance history in South Africa
1822: Performed in Dutch as De Lotery Briefjes (and credited to Bingley) in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 23 November by Tot Nut en Vermaak, with Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera (Barbaz) and Het Losse Schot (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Liesbeth Sparks, Bingley, Ward, in: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley, Ward [12/11/2013]
From Rotterdam theater playbills (1791-1887) of the Stadsarchief Rotterdam [3]
http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Billets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Claris_de_Florian
Facsimile version of Les Deux Billets (1782): Google E-book[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: p. p.234
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