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| − | + | ''[[L'Esprit de Contradiction]]'' ("The Spirit of Contradiction") is a French prose comedy in one act by Charles Rivière Dufresny (1648 - 1724)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rivi%C3%A8re_Dufresny]. | |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Dwarsdryfster]]'', and styled a "kluchtig blyspel", by Pieter Anthony de Huybert van Kruiningen. Published on 1 January 1718 by J. Lescailje en Dirk Rank in Amsterdam. | + | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Dwarsdryfster]]'' ("The contrary woman"), and styled a "kluchtig blyspel" (a "farcical comedy"), by Pieter Anthony de Huybert van Kruiningen (1693-1780)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu02_01/molh003nieu02_01_1204.php]. Published on 1 January 1718 by J. Lescailje en Dirk Rank in Amsterdam. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1838: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Dwarsdryfster]]'' by some players from the amateur company [[Vlyt en Kunst]] on 3 October in Cape Town , with ''[[Het Veemgerigt, of Wreedheid en Grootmoedigheid]]'' (Ziegler). | + | 1838: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Dwarsdryfster]]'' by some players from the amateur company [[Vlyt en Kunst]] on 3 October in Cape Town , with ''[[Het Veemgerigt, of Wreedheid en Grootmoedigheid]]'' (Ziegler). |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Facsimile version of the 1718 Dutch text, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ckIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=De+Dwarsdryfster+Dufresny&source=bl&ots=G6-R9VsrPC&sig=mRaiPKKSvLzFIJHLzEHRkQ0K5Ao&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K_FCVZ2tFuGe7gbE24HYCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=De%20Dwarsdryfster%20Dufresny&f=false] | Facsimile version of the 1718 Dutch text, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ckIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=De+Dwarsdryfster+Dufresny&source=bl&ots=G6-R9VsrPC&sig=mRaiPKKSvLzFIJHLzEHRkQ0K5Ao&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K_FCVZ2tFuGe7gbE24HYCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=De%20Dwarsdryfster%20Dufresny&f=false] | ||
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rivi%C3%A8re_Dufresny | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rivi%C3%A8re_Dufresny | ||
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http://theatre.valetdecoeur.free.fr/contradiction.htm | http://theatre.valetdecoeur.free.fr/contradiction.htm | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: | + | [[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. 341. |
Latest revision as of 05:32, 18 January 2017
L'Esprit de Contradiction ("The Spirit of Contradiction") is a French prose comedy in one act by Charles Rivière Dufresny (1648 - 1724)[1].
Contents
The original text
Performed on 27 August 1700 by Les Comédiens Français and the text was printed by Barbin in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Dwarsdryfster ("The contrary woman"), and styled a "kluchtig blyspel" (a "farcical comedy"), by Pieter Anthony de Huybert van Kruiningen (1693-1780)[2]. Published on 1 January 1718 by J. Lescailje en Dirk Rank in Amsterdam.
Performance history in South Africa
1838: Performed in Dutch as De Dwarsdryfster by some players from the amateur company Vlyt en Kunst on 3 October in Cape Town , with Het Veemgerigt, of Wreedheid en Grootmoedigheid (Ziegler).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1718 Dutch text, Google eBook[3]
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu02_01/molh003nieu02_01_1204.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rivi%C3%A8re_Dufresny
http://theatre.valetdecoeur.free.fr/contradiction.htm
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 341.
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