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| − | ''[[Encore des Ménechmes]]'' ("once more the Menaechmi") is a French play in three acts by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Deriving from the ancient theme of the "Menaechmi" (identical twins) popular from the days of Menander and Plautus and appreaing often in the works of Shakespeare, Regnard, and so on, Picard's play features an uncle and his nephew, who resemble each other. It was first performed at the Théâtre de Monsieur, Paris, on 9 June, 1791
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Adapted into German by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller] as ''[[Der Neffe als Onkel]]'' ("The nephew as uncle")
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| − | Translated from the German into [[Afrikaans]] by [[D.G. Conradie]] as ''[[Di Neef als Oom]]'' ("The cousin as uncle") in 1909.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
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| − | http://theatre1789-1815.e-monsite.com/pages/pieces-gens-et-lieux/les-pieces/e/encore-des-menechmes.html
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| − | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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