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| − | ("The Hermit | + | ''[[Der Eremit auf Formentera]]'' ("The Hermit on Formentera") is a musical play in two acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue]. |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by Adrianus Bruggemans, first published in Rotterdam by J. Meijer in 1793. | + | Translated into [[Dutch]] as '''''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]''''' by Adrianus Bruggemans, first published in Rotterdam by J. Meijer in 1793. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1824: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 10 July 1809 in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[De Naamgenoten]]'' (Westerman) as afterpiece. | 1824: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 10 July 1809 in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[De Naamgenoten]]'' (Westerman) as afterpiece. | ||
| − | + | 1825: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 3 December in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Niets en Iets, of De Vijf Gestorvenen]]'' (Stoopendaal) as afterpiece. This evening was done as a benefit for "some needy households" in Cape Town. | |
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| + | 1833: Performed in Stellenbosch by "Het Nieuw Stellenbossche Tooneel Gezelschap" ("The new Stellenbosch Theatre Company") [[Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], in the local "Schouwburg" (theatre) on 26 October, with ''[[De Listige Weduwe, of De Temperamenten]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | ||
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| + | 1833: Performed again in Stellenbosch by "Het Nieuw Stellenbossche Tooneel Gezelschap" ("The new Stellenbosch Theatre Company") [[Door Yver Vruchtbaar]], in the local "Schouwburg" (theatre) on 7 November, with ''[[De Listige Weduwe, of De Temperamenten]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | ||
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| + | 1835: Performed twice in Cape Town by the children's company [[Kunst en Smaak]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'', with ''[[De Twee Jagers en het Melkmeisje]]'' (Anseaume) as afterpiece. The second performance was on 30 June. | ||
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| + | 1836: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 26 August in Cape Town, with ''[[De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd]]'' (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece. | ||
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| + | 1843: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 27 October with ''[[Jocrisse in Nieuwe Dienst]]'' (Dorvigny). | ||
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| + | 1851: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera]]'' by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] on 26 June in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Der Deserteur|De Deserteur]]'' (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece. | ||
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| + | 1852 Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] on 12 August in the [[Bree Street Theatre|Breestraat Skouburg]], Cape Town, with as afterpiece ''[[De Minnaar op den Proef, of Het Zonderlinge Tweegevecht]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1865: Performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Door Ijver Bloeit de Kunst]] on 28 September, with ''[[De Uniformrok van den Veldmaarschalk Wellington]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town, on 15 September, with ''[[De Vrek]]'' (Molière/Pluimer?). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' in the [[Hofsaal]], Malmesbury, on 20 September, with ''[[De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' in the [[Hofsaal]], Malmesbury, on 20 September, with ''[[De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' in the [[Pakstoor van die Heer Blignaut]] ("the warehouse of Mr Bligtnaut") in Wellington, on 21 September, with ''[[De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' in Paarl, on 22 September, with ''[[De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' in Stellenbosch, on 23 September, with ''[[De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' in Hottentotsholland, on 24 September, with ''[[De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in Caledon on 27 September, with ''[[De Helleveeg]]'' (Loosjes). | ||
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| + | 1869: Produced in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] as ''[[De Kluizenaar op Formentera]]'' by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in Swellendam on 29 September, with ''[[De Helleveeg]]'' (Loosjes). Apparently the company at this time also announced performances to take place in the towns of Montagu, Robertson, Worcester and Ceres, though [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980: p. 446, footnote 7) indicates that he could not find any further reports of actual performances. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Text of the first German edition[https://archive.org/stream/dereremitauffor00kotzgoog#page/n3/mode/2up] | Text of the first German edition[https://archive.org/stream/dereremitauffor00kotzgoog#page/n3/mode/2up] | ||
| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue | ||
Text of the first [[Dutch]] edition[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=bW8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=De+Kluizenaar+op+het+Eiland+Formentera&source=bl&ots=p2_-nmYFPE&sig=nf2wyrWJzSxEsnDqAF9xrC2qaTI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w8aHVIrPFoXqUqmqgtgI&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=De%20Kluizenaar%20op%20het%20Eiland%20Formentera&f=false] | Text of the first [[Dutch]] edition[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=bW8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=De+Kluizenaar+op+het+Eiland+Formentera&source=bl&ots=p2_-nmYFPE&sig=nf2wyrWJzSxEsnDqAF9xrC2qaTI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w8aHVIrPFoXqUqmqgtgI&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=De%20Kluizenaar%20op%20het%20Eiland%20Formentera&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/]: pp. 131, 235, 237, 248, 254, 270, 443, 456 |
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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.443, 445-6. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:05, 10 June 2020
Der Eremit auf Formentera ("The Hermit on Formentera") is a musical play in two acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].
Contents
The original text
Written in German, and published in Frankfort and Leipzig in 1790.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Adrianus Bruggemans, first published in Rotterdam by J. Meijer in 1793.
Performance history in South Africa
1809: First performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 10 June in the African Theatre, with De Verwarring (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.
1824: Performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 10 July 1809 in the African Theatre, with De Naamgenoten (Westerman) as afterpiece.
1825: Performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 3 December in the African Theatre, with Niets en Iets, of De Vijf Gestorvenen (Stoopendaal) as afterpiece. This evening was done as a benefit for "some needy households" in Cape Town.
1833: Performed in Stellenbosch by "Het Nieuw Stellenbossche Tooneel Gezelschap" ("The new Stellenbosch Theatre Company") Door Yver Vruchtbaar, in the local "Schouwburg" (theatre) on 26 October, with De Listige Weduwe, of De Temperamenten (Von Kotzebue).
1833: Performed again in Stellenbosch by "Het Nieuw Stellenbossche Tooneel Gezelschap" ("The new Stellenbosch Theatre Company") Door Yver Vruchtbaar, in the local "Schouwburg" (theatre) on 7 November, with De Listige Weduwe, of De Temperamenten (Von Kotzebue).
1835: Performed twice in Cape Town by the children's company Kunst en Smaak as De Kluizenaar op Formentera, with De Twee Jagers en het Melkmeisje (Anseaume) as afterpiece. The second performance was on 30 June.
1836: Performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 26 August in Cape Town, with De Yverzuchtige Vrouw Bekeerd (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.
1843: Performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 27 October with Jocrisse in Nieuwe Dienst (Dorvigny).
1851: Performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst on 26 June in the Drury Lane Theatre, Cape Town, with De Deserteur (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.
1852 Performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst on 12 August in the Breestraat Skouburg, Cape Town, with as afterpiece De Minnaar op den Proef, of Het Zonderlinge Tweegevecht (Anon.).
1865: Performed in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Door Ijver Bloeit de Kunst on 28 September, with De Uniformrok van den Veldmaarschalk Wellington (Von Kotzebue).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town, on 15 September, with De Vrek (Molière/Pluimer?).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera in the Hofsaal, Malmesbury, on 20 September, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
1869: Produced in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera in the Hofsaal, Malmesbury, on 20 September, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera in the Pakstoor van die Heer Blignaut ("the warehouse of Mr Bligtnaut") in Wellington, on 21 September, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera in Paarl, on 22 September, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera in Stellenbosch, on 23 September, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
1869: Produced in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera in Hottentotsholland, on 24 September, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in Caledon on 27 September, with De Helleveeg (Loosjes).
1869: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in Swellendam on 29 September, with De Helleveeg (Loosjes). Apparently the company at this time also announced performances to take place in the towns of Montagu, Robertson, Worcester and Ceres, though Bosman (1980: p. 446, footnote 7) indicates that he could not find any further reports of actual performances.
Sources
Text of the first German edition[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
Text of the first Dutch edition[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 131, 235, 237, 248, 254, 270, 443, 456
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.443, 445-6.
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