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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
This could be an early version of (or simply an alternative title for) the one-act French "drame-vaudeville" called ''[[Le Fils aîné de Veuve]]'' ("The eldest son of the widow")[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Fils_a%C3%AEn%C3%A9_de_veuve_drame_vaudeville_en.html?id=e8aqvwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y] by Edmond-Frédéric Prieur Lubize (published by Jouhaud, 1836). This was later translated into [[Dutch]] verse to become ''[[De Oudste Zoon des Huizes]]'' ("The eldest son of the house") by H.P. Dewald, a short play in 2 acts, written for the [[Rederijkers]], published 1886.
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This could be an early version of (or simply an alternative title for) ''[[De Oudste Zoon des Huizes]]'' ("The eldest son of the house") by H.P. Dewald, a short [[Dutch]] play in 2 acts, written for the [[Rederijkers]], published 1886 - a play originally adapted from the one-act French "drame-vaudeville" ''[[Le Fils aîné de Veuve]]'' ("The eldest son of the widow")[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Fils_a%C3%AEn%C3%A9_de_veuve_drame_vaudeville_en.html?id=e8aqvwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y] by Edmond-Frédéric Prieur Lubize (published by Jouhaud, 1836).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:21, 24 December 2020

De Oudste Zoon ('the eldest son"), claimed to be by P. van de Velde (fl 1860s?).

The original text

This could be an early version of (or simply an alternative title for) De Oudste Zoon des Huizes ("The eldest son of the house") by H.P. Dewald, a short Dutch play in 2 acts, written for the Rederijkers, published 1886 - a play originally adapted from the one-act French "drame-vaudeville" Le Fils aîné de Veuve ("The eldest son of the widow")[1] by Edmond-Frédéric Prieur Lubize (published by Jouhaud, 1836).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1868: A reading of it was done in the hall of the Germania Liedertafel, Cape Town by Aurora II on 6 August, the text being ascribed to Van de Velde, along with a performance of Jan Sukkel by Wijnstok.

Sources

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_noo001188601_01/_noo001188601_01_0079.php

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Fils_a%C3%AEn%C3%A9_de_veuve_drame_vaudeville_en.html?id=e8aqvwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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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