Difference between revisions of "Les Deux Grenadiers, ou Les Quiproquos"
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| − | + | Patrat first wrote a two act comedy called ''[[L'Officier de Fortune, ou Les Deux Militaires]]'' , first produced in Paris at the Théâtre de la Rue Feydeau, on 24 September, 1792. Published by Cailleau, libraire-imprimeur, 1793. | |
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| + | ''[[Les Deux Grenadiers, ou Les Quiproquos]]'' followed (based on it?) and was first performed at the Théâtre de la Cité, and repeated at the Théâtre Montansier in the 1790s. Published in Paris by Barba in 1796, then with changes and corrections in Troyes by Gobelet in 1798/99. | ||
== Translations and adaptations == | == Translations and adaptations == | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 4 July 2017
Les Deux Grenadiers, ou Les Quiproquos ("the two grenadiers or the tit for tats") is a French comedy in three acts by Joseph Patrat (1733-1801)[1].
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Original play
Patrat first wrote a two act comedy called L'Officier de Fortune, ou Les Deux Militaires , first produced in Paris at the Théâtre de la Rue Feydeau, on 24 September, 1792. Published by Cailleau, libraire-imprimeur, 1793.
Les Deux Grenadiers, ou Les Quiproquos followed (based on it?) and was first performed at the Théâtre de la Cité, and repeated at the Théâtre Montansier in the 1790s. Published in Paris by Barba in 1796, then with changes and corrections in Troyes by Gobelet in 1798/99.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Twee Grenadiers, of Het Misverstand (The two grenadiers, or the misunderstanding") by Hendrik Kup. The Dutch version published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren, 1838.
Performance history in South Africa
1826: Performed in Cape Town in Dutch as De Twee Grenadiers, of Het Misverstand by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense on 30 April, 1826, along with the one act tragedy Het Toegemetselde Venster by August von Kotzebue.
Sources
Copy in the Digital Library of the Bavarian State Library[2]
Entry on Les Deux Grenadiers, ou Les Quiproquos in Worldcat[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 298
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