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("The Parrot") A [[Dutch]] translation of ''[[Der Papagoy]]'' , a play in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).  
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("The Parrot") There appears to be two [[Dutch]] works by this name.  
  
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'''See ''[[Der Papagoy]]'''''
 
  
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= An original play from 1786 =
  
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== Original text ==
 
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Full title, ''Der Papagoy : ein Schauspiel in drey Akten''. Published in Leipzig, 1792.
 
  
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== Translations and adaptations ==
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In 1786 a [[Dutch]] comedy appeared in Haarlem under the title ''De Papegaay, verrader en ondershouwt; of het gemaakte komplot'' by an unknown author.
  
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Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Papegaai]]'' ["The Parrot"] in 1792, published in Amsterdam. In 1786 a version appeared in Haarlem under the title ''De Papegaay, verrader en ondershouwt; of het gemaakte komplot''. 
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=A Dutch translation from 1792=
  
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In 1792 a [[Dutch]] translation of ''[[Der Papagoy]]'' , a 1792 play in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819), was published in Amsterdam.
  
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== Performances in South Africa ==
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'''See further ''[[Der Papagoy]]'''''
  
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1803: Performed in [[Dutch]] on 5 March 1803 in the [[African Theatre]], advertised as ''[[De Papegaay]]''. There is someuncertainty about the spelling since [[F.C.L. Bosman]], who quotes an advert from the [[Kaapsche Courant]] on 26 February, 1803, has it as ''[[De Papegaay]]'', while  [[Jill Fletcher]], also citing the [[Kaapsche Courant]], but from 5 March 1803, has the (unlikely) title ''[[Die Papegay]]''). The play was part of the celebrations surrounding the installation of J.W. Janssens as Governor of the Cape on 1 March 1803.  of that day under the heading "Tot Lering en Vermaak" ["For Instruction and Amusement"] This play by the master of melodrama was advertised as part of the celebrations surrounding the installation of Governor J.W. Janssens, 5 March 1803. It appeared in the [[Kaapse Stads Courant]] of that day under the heading "Tot Lering en Vermaak" ["For Instruction and Amusement"]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 07:14, 8 December 2014

("The Parrot") There appears to be two Dutch works by this name.


An original play from 1786

In 1786 a Dutch comedy appeared in Haarlem under the title De Papegaay, verrader en ondershouwt; of het gemaakte komplot by an unknown author.

A Dutch translation from 1792

In 1792 a Dutch translation of Der Papagoy , a 1792 play in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819), was published in Amsterdam.

See further Der Papagoy


Sources

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100191098


F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.82,

Jill Fletcher, 1994

Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden (Brill Archive)[1]

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