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''[[I Tre Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The three Venetian twins") is a  comic drama in three acts by Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi.  
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''[[I Tre Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The three Venetian twins") is a  comic drama in three acts by (Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi, )[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/]
  
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==The original text==
  
Originally written in Italian when Mattiuzzi was at the Theatre Italien in Paris (1759-1778). (According to the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/], this was on fact an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play ''[[I Due Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The two Venetian twins", also formally translated and published as ''[[The Venetian Twins]]'' in English) ; which in '''its''' turn had been based on ''[[Menaechmi]]'', a Latin comedy by Plautus (which had also been the major source for William Shakespeare's ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', and to a lesser extent perhaps of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.)
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Originally written in Italian when Mattiuzzi was at the Theatre Italien in Paris (1759-1778). (According to the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/], this was on fact an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play ''[[I Due Gemelli Veneziani]]'' ("The two Venetian twins"), an Italian version of the ''[[Menaechmi]]'' by Plautus. 
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==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated and adapted into English as ''[[Three and the Deuce!]]''  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
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''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-mattiuzzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/],
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[[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. 184
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Latest revision as of 05:50, 30 June 2017

I Tre Gemelli Veneziani ("The three Venetian twins") is a comic drama in three acts by (Antonio Collalto Mattiuzzi, )[1]

The original text

Originally written in Italian when Mattiuzzi was at the Theatre Italien in Paris (1759-1778). (According to the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani[2], this was on fact an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s 1747 play I Due Gemelli Veneziani ("The two Venetian twins"), an Italian version of the Menaechmi by Plautus.

Translations and adaptations

Translated and adapted into English as Three and the Deuce!

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani[3],

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 184


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