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| − | Possibly the original translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper]]'' by Ward Bingley and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley. | + | Possibly the original translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper]]'' by Ward Bingley (1780-1830)[http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley, Ward] and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley. |
Apparently the title was adapted to ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker]]'' ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker")in later publications. | Apparently the title was adapted to ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker]]'' ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker")in later publications. | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 19 September 2016
Les Deux Billets is a one act "Arlequinade" by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779.
Translations and adaptations
Possibly the original translated into Dutch as De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper by Ward Bingley (1780-1830)Ward and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley.
Apparently the title was adapted to De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker")in later publications.
Performance history in South Africa
1822: Performed in Dutch as De Lotery Briefjes in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 23 November by Tot Nut en Vermaak, with Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera (Barbaz) and Het Losse Schot (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Liesbeth Sparks, Bingley, Ward, in: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley, Ward [12/11/2013]
From Rotterdam theater playbills (1791-1887) of the Stadsarchief Rotterdam [2]
http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Billets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Claris_de_Florian
Facsimile version of Les Deux Billets (1782): Google E-book[3] F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p.234
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