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Translated freely into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars]]'' by Bernard Antoine Fallée (1773-1847)[http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=fall002]. The [[Dutch]] version published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1807. | Translated freely into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars]]'' by Bernard Antoine Fallée (1773-1847)[http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=fall002]. The [[Dutch]] version published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1807. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1819: Performed on 16 October in [[Dutch]] by a new company called [[Men Doet Wat Men Kan]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]]'' (Dorvigny). | 1819: Performed on 16 October in [[Dutch]] by a new company called [[Men Doet Wat Men Kan]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]]'' (Dorvigny). | ||
Revision as of 06:44, 2 August 2016
Dago, ou Les Mendians d'Espagne ("Dago, or the Spanish beggars") is a melodrama in three acts by Jean Guillaume Antoine Cuvelier de Trye (1766-1824)[1].
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The original text
Written and first produced at the Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique in Paris, on 12 June 1806, with music by Louis de Moranges and dances by Mr Richard. The text published in Paris by Barba, 1806.
Translations and adaptations
Translated freely into Dutch as Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars by Bernard Antoine Fallée (1773-1847)[2]. The Dutch version published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1807.
The Dutch version adapted by C.E. Boniface as a three act ballet simply called Dago
Performance history in South Africa
1819: Performed on 16 October in Dutch by a new company called Men Doet Wat Men Kan in the African Theatre, Cape Town, with Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil (Dorvigny).
Sources
Facsimile version of the first French Edition by Barba, 1806. Internet Archive[3]
Facsimile version of the first French Edition by Barba, 1806. Google E-Book[4]
Facsimile version of the first Dutch Edition by Dóll, 1807. Google E-Book[5]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Guillaume-Antoine_Cuvelier
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [6]: pp. 135,
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