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Translated into French and adapted for the stage as ''[[La Réconciliation; ou, Les Deux Frères]]'' by Mathias Weiss, Louis François Jauffret and J. Patrat in 1799. Performed as ''[[Les Deux Frères]]'' at the Theatre de la Republique, in 1802. | Translated into French and adapted for the stage as ''[[La Réconciliation; ou, Les Deux Frères]]'' by Mathias Weiss, Louis François Jauffret and J. Patrat in 1799. Performed as ''[[Les Deux Frères]]'' at the Theatre de la Republique, in 1802. | ||
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1809: Performed in French under the title ''[[Les Deux Frères, ou La Réconciliation]]'' by Charles Etienne Boniface and local French players in the [[African Theatre]] Cape Town on 4 February, 1809. (The text used was most probably the 1799 translation by Weiss, Jauffret and Patrat.) Followed by ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Le Brun). | 1809: Performed in French under the title ''[[Les Deux Frères, ou La Réconciliation]]'' by Charles Etienne Boniface and local French players in the [[African Theatre]] Cape Town on 4 February, 1809. (The text used was most probably the 1799 translation by Weiss, Jauffret and Patrat.) Followed by ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Le Brun). | ||
Revision as of 06:42, 14 December 2014
There appears to be two plays by this name in German, one by Andreas Josef von Guttenberg and another by August von Kotzebue. Both were apparently performed in South Africa.
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Die Versöhnung , also known as Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung, Ein Schauspiel in Funf Akten vom by August von Kotzebue (1798)
A German play in five acts ("Ein Schauspiel in Funf Akten") by August von Kotzebue (1761 – 1819).
The original text
First produced in German at the Nationaltheater, Mannheim on 28 March, 1797 and published in Leipzig as Die Versöhnung in 1798. Published as Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung in Vienna, 1804.
Text of 1804 German edition, Google Books[1]
Translations and adaptations
Like all his works, this play has been translated and adapted into and performed in many languages.
Dutch
Translated into Dutch by an anonymous translator as De Verzoening, of De Broedertwist and published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1798. Followed by two other Dutch translations, one by W.A. Iffland, 1799 and one by Dirk Onderwater, published in Den Haag at the same time. All with the same title.
English
Translated into English as The Birthday and performed in Bath in 1799.
Translated as Fraternal Discord by A.W. Dunlap, and performed and published in New York in 1809.
French
Translated into French and adapted for the stage as La Réconciliation; ou, Les Deux Frères by Mathias Weiss, Louis François Jauffret and J. Patrat in 1799. Performed as Les Deux Frères at the Theatre de la Republique, in 1802.
Performance history in South Africa
1809: Performed in French under the title Les Deux Frères, ou La Réconciliation by Charles Etienne Boniface and local French players in the African Theatre Cape Town on 4 February, 1809. (The text used was most probably the 1799 translation by Weiss, Jauffret and Patrat.) Followed by Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu (Le Brun).
1829: Performed in Dutch under the title De Verzoening by Tot Nut en Vermaak in the African Theatre Cape Town on 18 October 1828, with 't Zal laat Worden (Meijer).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue\
"August von Kotzebue" in Stanley Hochman (1984) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes, Volume 1:p. 181[2]
Heinrich Döring August von Kotzebue's Leben, 1830: p.408[3]
Text of Les deux frères, comédie en quatre actes, Google Books[4]
The Internet Archive[5]
Text of La réconciliation; ou, Les deux frères, Google Books[6]
Text of 1804 German edition of Brudertwist, oder Die Versöhnung, Google Books[7]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928:pp.125, 242
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Die Versöhnung: Ein Schauspiel in 4 Aufzügen vom Andreas Josef von Guttenberg (1800)
Andreas Josef von Guttenberg (1770 - 1817).
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