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''[[Niet of Graag]]'' ("Not or please") is a [[Dutch]] comedy in one act by an anonymous author, based on an unnamed Danish work by H.C. Andersen (1805-1875)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen], . | ''[[Niet of Graag]]'' ("Not or please") is a [[Dutch]] comedy in one act by an anonymous author, based on an unnamed Danish work by H.C. Andersen (1805-1875)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen], . | ||
| − | The title apparently inverted sometimes, to become '''''[[Graag of Niet]]'''''. | + | The title is apparently inverted sometimes, to become '''''[[Graag of Niet]]'''''. |
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Latest revision as of 05:09, 20 March 2020
Niet of Graag ("Not or please") is a Dutch comedy in one act by an anonymous author, based on an unnamed Danish work by H.C. Andersen (1805-1875)[1], .
The title is apparently inverted sometimes, to become Graag of Niet.
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The original text
Telling the story of two men married to the same woman, it is based on an unnamed Danish work by by H.C. Andersen (1805-1875)[2]. Freely adapted and prepared for use by the Rederijkers by an anonymous author, it was published in Purmerende by J. Schuitemaker, 1863.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed in Dutch as Niet of Graag by Aurora II in the Germania Liedertafel, Cape Town, as an afterpiece to Hambroek (Nomsz) on 5 September.
1867: Performed in Dutch as Niet of Graag by Aurora II in the Germania Liedertafel, Cape Town,with Lodewijk XI (Delavigne/Schimmel) and Tante Trui (Arnold) on 3 October.
1868: Performed by Aurora II in Paarl some time in July , as an afterpiece to H.W. Teengs's locally written Dutch play Willem Nel.
1868: Performed by Aurora II in the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 28 July , as an afterpiece to H.W. Teengs's locally written Dutch play Willem Nel.
1879: Performed in Dutch as Niet of Graag by Aurora II, on 10 Julie in the Athenaeum Hall, with De Geduchte Rechtbank (Lamartelière).
1879: Performed in Dutch as Niet of Graag by Aurora II, on 16 September in the Athenaeum Hall, withDe Gebochelde, of De Moord in de Slotgracht van Tayhis (Regland).
1910: According to Bosman (1980), it was performed by Aurora III in Dutch (but now called Graag of Niet) in the ANV Saal, Cape Town, on 4 October.
1911: Performed by Aurora III in Dutch (again called Graag of Niet by Bosman) in the ANV Saal, Cape Town, on 4 April.
Sources
Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. Jaargang 1864: pp. 62-3[3]
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.7
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 462-3, 472, 477
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