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| − | 1803: Performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Tot Leering en Vermaak]] ("For Instruction and Amusement") on 5 March 1803 in the [[African Theatre]]. There is some uncertainty about the spelling since [[F.C.L. Bosman]], who quotes an advert from the [[Kaapsche Courant]] on 26 February, 1803, has it as ''[[De Papegaay]]'', while [[Jill Fletcher]], also citing the [[Kaapsche Courant]], but from 5 March 1803, has the (unlikely) title ''[[Die Papegay]]''). The performance was part of the week-long celebrations surrounding the installation of J.W. Janssens as Governor of the Cape on 1 March 1803 | + | 1803: Performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Tot Leering en Vermaak]] ("For Instruction and Amusement") on 5 March 1803 in the [[African Theatre]]. There is some uncertainty about the spelling since [[F.C.L. Bosman]], who quotes an advert from the [[Kaapsche Courant]] on 26 February, 1803, has it as ''[[De Papegaay]]'', while [[Jill Fletcher]], also citing the [[Kaapsche Courant]], but from 5 March 1803, has the (unlikely) title ''[[Die Papegay]]''). The performance was part of the week-long celebrations surrounding the installation of J.W. Janssens as Governor of the Cape on 1 March 1803 of that day under the heading "Tot Lering en Vermaak" ["For Instruction and Amusement"]. This play by the master of melodrama was advertised as part of the celebrations surrounding the installation of Governor J.W. Janssens, 5 March 1803. It appeared in the [[Kaapse Stads Courant]] of that day under the heading "Tot Lering en Vermaak" ["For Instruction and Amusement"] |
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| + | 1825: Performed in [[Dutch]] under the title ''[[De Papegaai]]'' (alternatively ''[[De Papegaay]]'' according to Bosman, 1928: p. 293) by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] on 24 Septmeber, with ''[[Het Huwelyk van Jocrisse]]'' (Fallée) | ||
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Revision as of 08:06, 6 March 2015
("The Parrot") A play in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).
Contents
Original text
Full title, Der Papagoy : ein Schauspiel in drey Akten. Published in Leipzig, 1792.
Translations and adaptations
In 1786 a Dutch comedy appeared in Haarlem under the title De Papegaay, verrader en ondershouwt; of het gemaakte komplot by an unknown author.
In 1792 a Dutch translation of Von Kotzebue's 1792 text was published as De Papegaai ["The Parrot"] in Amsterdam.
Performances in South Africa
1803: Performed in Dutch by Tot Leering en Vermaak ("For Instruction and Amusement") on 5 March 1803 in the African Theatre. There is some uncertainty about the spelling since F.C.L. Bosman, who quotes an advert from the Kaapsche Courant on 26 February, 1803, has it as De Papegaay, while Jill Fletcher, also citing the Kaapsche Courant, but from 5 March 1803, has the (unlikely) title Die Papegay). The performance was part of the week-long celebrations surrounding the installation of J.W. Janssens as Governor of the Cape on 1 March 1803 of that day under the heading "Tot Lering en Vermaak" ["For Instruction and Amusement"]. This play by the master of melodrama was advertised as part of the celebrations surrounding the installation of Governor J.W. Janssens, 5 March 1803. It appeared in the Kaapse Stads Courant of that day under the heading "Tot Lering en Vermaak" ["For Instruction and Amusement"]
1825: Performed in Dutch under the title De Papegaai (alternatively De Papegaay according to Bosman, 1928: p. 293) by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense on 24 Septmeber, with Het Huwelyk van Jocrisse (Fallée)
Sources
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100191098
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.82,
Jill Fletcher, 1994
Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden (Brill Archive)[1]
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