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| + | ''[[Les Trois Jumeaux Vénitiens]]'' ("The three Venetian twins") is a comic drama in three acts by Antonio Collalto (also known as Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi - 1717?-1778[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/]. | ||
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| + | According to the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/], the play was an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play ''[[I Due Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The two Venetian twins" | ||
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| − | Originally written in | + | Originally written in French when Mattiuzzi was at the Theatre Italien in Paris (1759-1778). |
According to the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/], this was in its turn an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play ''[[I Due Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The two Venetian twins", also formally translated and published as ''[[The Venetian Twins]]'' in English) ; which in '''its''' turn had been based on ''[[Menaechmi]]'', a Latin comedy by Plautus (which had also been the major source for William Shakespeare's ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', and to a lesser extent perhaps of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''. | According to the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/], this was in its turn an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play ''[[I Due Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The two Venetian twins", also formally translated and published as ''[[The Venetian Twins]]'' in English) ; which in '''its''' turn had been based on ''[[Menaechmi]]'', a Latin comedy by Plautus (which had also been the major source for William Shakespeare's ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', and to a lesser extent perhaps of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''. | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 30 June 2017
Les Trois Jumeaux Vénitiens ("The three Venetian twins") is a comic drama in three acts by Antonio Collalto (also known as Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi - 1717?-1778[1].
The original text
Originally written in French when Mattiuzzi was at the Theatre Italien in Paris (1759-1778).
According to the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani[2], the play was an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play I Due Gemelli Veneziani ("The two Venetian twins"
Translations and adaptations
I Tre Gemelli Veneziani ("The three Venetian twins")
Originally written in French when Mattiuzzi was at the Theatre Italien in Paris (1759-1778).
According to the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani[3], this was in its turn an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play I Due Gemelli Veneziani ("The two Venetian twins", also formally translated and published as The Venetian Twins in English) ; which in its turn had been based on Menaechmi, a Latin comedy by Plautus (which had also been the major source for William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, and to a lesser extent perhaps of Twelfth Night.
See also Menaechmi
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menaechmi.
World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. 120.
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/
A programme, flyers and photographs held by NELM: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 6. 5. 2.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
