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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1876: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Arlequin by Toeval, of Eene Weldaad Blijft Nooit Onbeloond]]'' by [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town on 10 August, with ''[[Siegfried van Hohenwart]]'' (Westerman), with | + | 1876: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Arlequin by Toeval, of Eene Weldaad Blijft Nooit Onbeloond]]'' by [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town on 10 August, with ''[[Siegfried van Hohenwart]]'' (Westerman), with a backdrop created by [[R.S. Cooper]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Latest revision as of 06:29, 24 October 2017
Criquet, ou L'Arlequin par Occasion is a comedy in one act by Sewrin (Charles-Augustin Bassompierre, 1771–1853)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed in the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris on 28 July, 1812 and published by Barba in 1813.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Arlequin by Toeval, of Eene Weldaad Blijft Nooit Onbeloond ("Harlequin by chance, or a good deed never remains unrewarded") by Casper Vreedenberg (1772-1840)[2].
Published under the names of both authors by J.C. van Kesteren in 1818
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed in Dutch as Arlequin by Toeval, of Eene Weldaad Blijft Nooit Onbeloond by De Eendracht in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town on 10 August, with Siegfried van Hohenwart (Westerman), with a backdrop created by R.S. Cooper.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1813 French text, Google E-book[3]
Facsimile version of the 1818 Dutch text, Google E-book[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewrin
http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/06740242
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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