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[[P. van de Velde]] was a [[Dutch]] translator and author.
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[[P. van de Velde]] (fl. 1860-1870?) was a [[Dutch]] speaking translator and playwright .
  
He '''may''' have been a  Cape Town resident circa the 1860s and 1870s, and a member of ''[[Aurora II]]''. 
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== Biography ==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) credits him as the author of a the [[Dutch]] tragedy ''[[De Oudste Zoon]]'' ('the eldest son") (read by Aurora II in 1868  and the translator of a French play called ''[[Het Testament]]''
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Since no reference to an author by this name has yet been found in Dutch sources, Van de Velde '''may''' have been a  Cape Town resident ''circa'' the 1860s and 1870s, and in that case probably a member of ''[[Aurora II]]'', the society that performed the texts in Cape Town. 
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) credits him as the author of a the [[Dutch]] tragedy ''[[De Oudste Zoon]]'' ('the eldest son") (read by Aurora II in 1868  and the translator of a French play by Scribe and Delavigne called ''[[L'Héritière]]'' (1834), as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("the will").
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== Sources ==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 463, 465,
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Revision as of 06:25, 24 December 2020

P. van de Velde (fl. 1860-1870?) was a Dutch speaking translator and playwright .

Biography

Since no reference to an author by this name has yet been found in Dutch sources, Van de Velde may have been a Cape Town resident circa the 1860s and 1870s, and in that case probably a member of Aurora II, the society that performed the texts in Cape Town.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

F.C.L. Bosman (1980) credits him as the author of a the Dutch tragedy De Oudste Zoon ('the eldest son") (read by Aurora II in 1868 and the translator of a French play by Scribe and Delavigne called L'Héritière (1834), as Het Testament ("the will").


Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 463, 465,

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