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===The novel===
 
===The novel===
  
The  melodramatic and romantic German novel ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann'' by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798.   
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The  melodramatic and romantic German novel ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann'' ("Rinaldo Rinaldini, the Robber Captain") by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), and much indebted to Schiller's ''[[Der Räuber]]'', was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798.   
  
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, Overste der Roovers'',  published in Amsterdam by G.Roos in 1807.  
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, Overste der Roovers'',  published in Amsterdam by G.Roos in 1807.  
  
Translated into English as ''The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti'' by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.
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Translated into English as ''Rinaldo Rinaldini,''The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti'' by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.
  
 
=== Stage version ===
 
=== Stage version ===
  
Adapted for the stage by August von Kotzebue as ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien]]'' and first performed the Privilegirtes Theater in Düsseldorf and Aachen; published in Düsseldorf 1820.
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Adapted into English as a "grand ballet of action" called ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, or The Secret Avengers]]'' by John Cartwright Cross, first performed at the Royal Circus , Surrey, and published by T. Barker in London in 1801. In this version, all the words were sung
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Adapted for the stage as a five act play by August von Kotzebue as ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien]]'' and first performed the Privilegirtes Theater in Düsseldorf and Aachen; published in Düsseldorf 1820.
  
 
== Translations and adaptations of the play==
 
== Translations and adaptations of the play==
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Translated into English as ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, The Robber Captain]]''
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== South African performances==
 
== South African performances==
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1848 text of Hinckley translation- Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_history_of_Rinaldo_Rinaldini_captain.html?id=VGAqAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y]
 
1848 text of Hinckley translation- Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_history_of_Rinaldo_Rinaldini_captain.html?id=VGAqAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y]
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Michael V. Pisani. 2014. Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in Nineteenth-Century London and New York
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University of Iowa Press: pp. 34-6.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=iXqiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Rinaldo+Rinaldini,+The+Robber+Captain&source=bl&ots=LBEum_nLvN&sig=kZdJf0Tn_nXQpqWn1tPwo5L3elU&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiClbeu5uXOAhVLJ8AKHSgtBaIQ6AEISDAG#v=onepage&q=Rinaldo%20Rinaldini%2C%20The%20Robber%20Captain&f=false]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.

Revision as of 06:55, 29 August 2016

Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien ("Rinaldo Rinaldini, the great robber chief of Calabria") is a play in five acts by August von Kotzebue, based on the 1797 novel by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827).

Often simply referred to as Rinaldo Rinaldini.


The original text

The novel

The melodramatic and romantic German novel Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann ("Rinaldo Rinaldini, the Robber Captain") by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), and much indebted to Schiller's Der Räuber, was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798.

Translated into Dutch as Rinaldo Rinaldini, Overste der Roovers, published in Amsterdam by G.Roos in 1807.

Translated into English as Rinaldo Rinaldini,The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.

Stage version

Adapted into English as a "grand ballet of action" called Rinaldo Rinaldini, or The Secret Avengers by John Cartwright Cross, first performed at the Royal Circus , Surrey, and published by T. Barker in London in 1801. In this version, all the words were sung

Adapted for the stage as a five act play by August von Kotzebue as Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien and first performed the Privilegirtes Theater in Düsseldorf and Aachen; published in Düsseldorf 1820.

Translations and adaptations of the play

South African performances

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_August_Vulpius

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo_Rinaldini

1848 text of Hinckley translation- Google Books[1]

Michael V. Pisani. 2014. Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in Nineteenth-Century London and New York University of Iowa Press: pp. 34-6.[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.

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