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| − | There are two French one-act plays by this name: | + | '''There are two French one-act plays by this name:''' |
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=''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle = | =''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle = | ||
| − | ''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") is a one act comedy by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle()[] | + | ''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") is a one act comedy by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Le_Bouyer_de_Fontenelle] |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | To date there have been no records found of any translations or performances of the Fontenelle play done in South Africa. | + | To date there have been no records found of any translations or performances of the Fontenelle play done in South Africa. |
=''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") by J.B. Radet= | =''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") by J.B. Radet= | ||
| − | ''[[Le Testament]]'', is a vaudeville style one act play ("comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles") by | + | ''[[Le Testament]]'', is a vaudeville style one act play ("comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles") by Jean-Baptiste Radet (1752-1830)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Radet] |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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First performed at the Theatre de Vaudeville on 5 October, 1797 Published 1797 | First performed at the Theatre de Vaudeville on 5 October, 1797 Published 1797 | ||
| − | Judging from internal evidence, it may have been the source used by Scribe and Delavigne for their "comédie-vaudeville" ''[[L'Héritière]]'' ("The heir") of 1834 - a play which was translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("Blijspel, met sang") by an anonymous author, and first performed and published in Amsterdam by Westerman en Zoon and Van der Hulst in 1834. It is most probably the translation listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("The will") and described as a [[Dutch]] one act play adapted "from the French" by P. van der Velde | + | Judging from internal evidence, it may have been the source used by Scribe and Delavigne for their "comédie-vaudeville" ''[[L'Héritière]]'' ("The heir") of 1834 - a play which was translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("Blijspel, met sang") by an anonymous author, and first performed and published in Amsterdam by Westerman en Zoon and Van der Hulst in 1834. It is most probably the translation listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("The will") and described as a [[Dutch]] one act play adapted "from the French" by P. van der Velde. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Though no records of performances of the Radet play have been found so far, there have been | + | Though no records of performances of the Radet play have been found so far, there '''have''' been performances of the Scribe and Delavigne play (in [[Dutch]] translation) in 1870 and 1910. ('''See ''[[L'Héritière]]''''') |
= Sources = | = Sources = | ||
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Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of ''[[Le Testament]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=aMNoAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of ''[[Le Testament]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=aMNoAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:30, 27 January 2018
There are two French one-act plays by this name:
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Le Testament ("The will") by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
Le Testament ("The will") is a one act comedy by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)[1]
The original text
Published in Volume 8 of Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle by Bernard Brunet, Paris, in 1751.
Performance history in South Africa
To date there have been no records found of any translations or performances of the Fontenelle play done in South Africa.
Le Testament ("The will") by J.B. Radet
Le Testament, is a vaudeville style one act play ("comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles") by Jean-Baptiste Radet (1752-1830)[2]
The original text
First performed at the Theatre de Vaudeville on 5 October, 1797 Published 1797
Judging from internal evidence, it may have been the source used by Scribe and Delavigne for their "comédie-vaudeville" L'Héritière ("The heir") of 1834 - a play which was translated into Dutch as Het Testament ("Blijspel, met sang") by an anonymous author, and first performed and published in Amsterdam by Westerman en Zoon and Van der Hulst in 1834. It is most probably the translation listed by F.C.L. Bosman (1980) as Het Testament ("The will") and described as a Dutch one act play adapted "from the French" by P. van der Velde.
Performance history in South Africa
Though no records of performances of the Radet play have been found so far, there have been performances of the Scribe and Delavigne play (in Dutch translation) in 1870 and 1910. (See L'Héritière)
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of Le Testament, Google E-book[3]
Facsimile version of the original published text of L'Héritière, 1823, Internet Archive[4]
Facsimile version of the 1834 Dutch text of Het Testament of , Google E-book[5]
Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 2013. The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876. Springer, p. 176[6]
Facsimile version of Le Testament in the Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle, Google E-book[7]
Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of Le Testament, Google E-book[8]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 465, 476.
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