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The play was later translated and adapted into a number of languages, including French, German and [[Dutch]].
 
The play was later translated and adapted into a number of languages, including French, German and [[Dutch]].
  
The German version entitled '''''[[Die Eifersüchtige Frau]]''''' was done by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819) and subtitled "ein Lustspiel in zwei Acten nach dem Englischen". Published in 1820.  
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The German version entitled '''''[[Die Eifersüchtige Frau]]''''' ("The jealous wife") was done by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue] and subtitled "ein Lustspiel in zwei Acten nach dem Englischen". Published in 1820.  
  
 
A [[Dutch]] version by an unknown author was subsequently done, apparently based on the Von Kotzebue version and credited to the German author. It was entitled '''''[[De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd]]''''' ("The jealous wife reformed"). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] refers to the [[Dutch]] play as a one act farce, though the only other reference found to the [[Dutch]] translation (De Goesin-Verhaeghe) refers to it as a farce in two acts.
 
A [[Dutch]] version by an unknown author was subsequently done, apparently based on the Von Kotzebue version and credited to the German author. It was entitled '''''[[De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd]]''''' ("The jealous wife reformed"). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] refers to the [[Dutch]] play as a one act farce, though the only other reference found to the [[Dutch]] translation (De Goesin-Verhaeghe) refers to it as a farce in two acts.
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== Productions in South Africa ==
 
== Productions in South Africa ==
  
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1836: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 26 August in Cape Town, as afterpiece to ''[[Der Eremit auf Formentera|De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' (Von Kotzebue).
  
=== In English ===
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1930: Produced In English as ''[[The Jealous Wife]]'' by the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]], the cast including [[W. Arthur Sewell]] and others.
 
 
1930: Produced by the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] in 1930, starring [[W. Arthur Sewell]] and others.
 
 
 
 
 
=== In [[Dutch]] ===
 
 
 
1836: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 26 August in Cape Town, as afterpiece to ''[[Der Eremit auf Formentera|De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' (Von Kotzebue).
 
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jealous_Wife
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jealous_Wife
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Elder
  
 
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200332/BibliographicResource_3000095429144.html
 
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200332/BibliographicResource_3000095429144.html

Latest revision as of 06:47, 30 January 2017

The Jealous Wife is a comedy by George Colman the Elder (1732 – 1794)[1]


The original English text

An adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1761.

Translations and adaptations

The play was later translated and adapted into a number of languages, including French, German and Dutch.

The German version entitled Die Eifersüchtige Frau ("The jealous wife") was done by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[2] and subtitled "ein Lustspiel in zwei Acten nach dem Englischen". Published in 1820.

A Dutch version by an unknown author was subsequently done, apparently based on the Von Kotzebue version and credited to the German author. It was entitled De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd ("The jealous wife reformed"). F.C.L. Bosman refers to the Dutch play as a one act farce, though the only other reference found to the Dutch translation (De Goesin-Verhaeghe) refers to it as a farce in two acts.

Productions in South Africa

1836: Performed in Dutch as De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 26 August in Cape Town, as afterpiece to De Kluizenaar op Formentera (Von Kotzebue).

1930: Produced In English as The Jealous Wife by the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society, the cast including W. Arthur Sewell and others.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jealous_Wife

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Elder

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200332/BibliographicResource_3000095429144.html

M. P. F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe. 1833. Catalogue d'une belle collection de livres, suivi d'une partie de livres de fonds, délaissés[3]

The Mime, 3(1), 1930.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 248

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