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''[[Encore des Ménechmes]]'' is a French play in three acts by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard].  
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''[[Encore des Ménechmes]]'' ("once more the Menaechmi") is a French play in three acts by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Deriving from the ancient theme of the "Menaechmi" (identical twins) popular from the days of Menander and  Plautus and appreaing often in the works of Shakespeare, Regnard, and so on, Picard's play was first performed at the Théâtre de Monsieur, Paris, on  9 June, 1791
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Deriving from the ancient theme of the "Menaechmi" (identical twins) popular from the days of Menander and  Plautus and appreaing often in the works of Shakespeare, Regnard, and so on, Picard's play features an uncle and his nephew, who resemble each other. It was first performed at the Théâtre de Monsieur, Paris, on  9 June, 1791
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Adapted into German by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller] as ''[[Der Neffe als Onkel]]'' ("The cousin as uncle")
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Adapted into German by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller] as ''[[Der Neffe als Onkel]]'' ("The nephew as uncle")
  
 
Translated from the German into [[Afrikaans]] by [[D.G. Conradie]] as ''[[Di Neef als Oom]]'' ("The cousin as uncle") in  1909.
 
Translated from the German into [[Afrikaans]] by [[D.G. Conradie]] as ''[[Di Neef als Oom]]'' ("The cousin as uncle") in  1909.
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1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
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http://theatre1789-1815.e-monsite.com/pages/pieces-gens-et-lieux/les-pieces/e/encore-des-menechmes.html
  
 
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 05:41, 14 January 2020

Encore des Ménechmes ("once more the Menaechmi") is a French play in three acts by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828)[1].

The original text

Deriving from the ancient theme of the "Menaechmi" (identical twins) popular from the days of Menander and Plautus and appreaing often in the works of Shakespeare, Regnard, and so on, Picard's play features an uncle and his nephew, who resemble each other. It was first performed at the Théâtre de Monsieur, Paris, on 9 June, 1791

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into German by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)[2] as Der Neffe als Onkel ("The nephew as uncle")

Translated from the German into Afrikaans by D.G. Conradie as Di Neef als Oom ("The cousin as uncle") in 1909.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller

http://theatre1789-1815.e-monsite.com/pages/pieces-gens-et-lieux/les-pieces/e/encore-des-menechmes.html

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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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