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| − | 1815: A "Ballet" entitled ''[[The Shipwreck]]'' (attributed to Brandes) was done by [[Mr Cuerton]] and his company in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, on 27 May, with ''[[The Padlock]]'' (Bickerstaffe) | + | 1815: A "Ballet" entitled ''[[The Shipwreck]]'' (attributed to Brandes) was done by [[Mr Cuerton]] and his company in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, on 27 May, with ''[[The Padlock]]'' (Bickerstaffe). |
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Revision as of 04:45, 17 July 2016
Miß Fanny, oder Der Schiffbruch ("Miss Fanny or the shipwreck") is a German tragedy in five acts by Johann Christian Brandes
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The original text
According to F.C.L. Bosman (1928) this may possibly have been a translation and adaptation of the German tragedy in 5 acts by Johann Christian Brandes. Originally written and published in 1766 as Miß Fanny, oder Der Schiffbruch, later renamed play Der Schiffbruch ("The Shipwreck") , and published in 1791.
Translations and adaptations
According to F.C.L. Bosman (1928) this may possibly have been the source for De Schipbreuk, of De Korsaren op het Eiland Ivica is a three-act "ballet" with music, in Dutch. Described by one viewer (James Prior , 1820) as "a medley of tragedy, comedy, farce, pantomime and dance".
He also suggests that the latter was in turn adapted and translated into English as a "Ballet" entitled The Shipwreck.
Performance history in South Africa
1810: De Schipbreuk, of De Korsaren op het Eiland Ivica (unattributed) was performed in Cape Town by an unnamed Dutch youth theatre group (possibly related to a similar French company in Cape Town at the time) in the African Theatre on 18 and 25 August.
1815: A "Ballet" entitled The Shipwreck (attributed to Brandes) was done by Mr Cuerton and his company in the African Theatre, Cape Town, on 27 May, with The Padlock (Bickerstaffe).
Sources
http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb11090323_00005.html
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 130, 146
http://www.answers.com/topic/johann-christian-brandes
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