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| − | + | ''[[Three and the Deuce!]]'' is a comic drama in three acts by Prince Hoare (1755-1834)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hoare_(younger)], with music by Stephen Storace (1762-1796)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Storace]. | |
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According to the published English text of 1806, the plot was taken from the French comedy ''[[Les Trois Jumeaux Vénitiens]]'' ("The three Venetian twins") by Antonio Collalto (also known as Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi - 1717?-1778), as well as a Spanish comedy ''[[Los Tres Mellizos]]'' ("The three twins"), performed in Madrid in the late 1700s or early 1800s. | According to the published English text of 1806, the plot was taken from the French comedy ''[[Les Trois Jumeaux Vénitiens]]'' ("The three Venetian twins") by Antonio Collalto (also known as Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi - 1717?-1778), as well as a Spanish comedy ''[[Los Tres Mellizos]]'' ("The three twins"), performed in Madrid in the late 1700s or early 1800s. | ||
| − | In actual fact they are all basically the same play: ''[[I Tre Gemelli Veneziani]]'' | + | In actual fact they are all basically the same play: ''[[I Tre Gemelli Veneziani]]'' by Collalto, an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play ''[[I Due Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The two Venetian twins") , which was which in '''its''' turn based on ''[[Menaechmi]]'' by Plautus |
| − | + | The English version of the play was first performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1795. Revived in 1805 and played at the Theatres Royal Haymarket and Drury Lane. Published by Barker and Son, 1806. | |
| − | + | == Translations and adaptations == | |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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"Mattuizzi, Antonio" in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' Volume 72 (2008)[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/] | "Mattuizzi, Antonio" in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' Volume 72 (2008)[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/] | ||
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http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3751572 | http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3751572 | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. | + | [[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. 184, |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:22, 30 June 2017
Three and the Deuce! is a comic drama in three acts by Prince Hoare (1755-1834)[1], with music by Stephen Storace (1762-1796)[2].
(Storace is credited as main author in some references)
Contents
The original text
According to the published English text of 1806, the plot was taken from the French comedy Les Trois Jumeaux Vénitiens ("The three Venetian twins") by Antonio Collalto (also known as Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi - 1717?-1778), as well as a Spanish comedy Los Tres Mellizos ("The three twins"), performed in Madrid in the late 1700s or early 1800s.
In actual fact they are all basically the same play: I Tre Gemelli Veneziani by Collalto, an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play I Due Gemelli Veneziani ("The two Venetian twins") , which was which in its turn based on Menaechmi by Plautus
The English version of the play was first performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1795. Revived in 1805 and played at the Theatres Royal Haymarket and Drury Lane. Published by Barker and Son, 1806.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1823: A copy of the English text was sought by the Garrison Players in Cape Town . Bosman (1928) has no record of a public performance of the play by them though.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hoare_(younger)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Storace
"Mattuizzi, Antonio" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 72 (2008)[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venetian_Twins
Facsimile of the 1806 text of The Three and the Deuce! (Google eBook)[4]
https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999798814702121
Facsimile text of the 1781 Dutch version, Europeana: Think Culture[5]
http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00925693
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3751572
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [6]: pp. 184,
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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