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Louis XI (1832) is a verse tragedy in 5 acts by Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed in Paris at the Le Théatre Français by the Comédiens Ordinaires du Roi on 11 February 1832, and published there by Barba in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into Dutch as Lodewijk XI (Louis XI) by Hendrik Jan Schimmel (1823-1906)[2]
Translated and adapted into English as Louis XI by Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)[3], produced by him at London's Princess's Theatre and published privately by John K. Chapman (London, 1855).
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Segments from the tragedy were performed in Cape Town by Aurora II in Dutch as Lodewijk XI on 3 October.
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008427346
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Delavigne
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Jan_Schimmel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 457-460.
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