Difference between revisions of "Das Lustspiel am Fenster"
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Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Intrigue aan het Venster]]'', "kluchtspel in één bedrijf" by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop. Published in Amsterdam by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop, 1807. | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Intrigue aan het Venster]]'', "kluchtspel in één bedrijf" by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop. Published in Amsterdam by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop, 1807. | ||
| − | + | Another [[Dutch]] version of the play is ''[[Limaçon de Dichter]]'' ("Limaçon the poet"), a satirical comedy in one act by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], attacking his former friend and colleage [[J. Suasso de Lima]], and published in 1825. According to the author the 1807 [[Dutch]] translation by Van Esveldt Holtrop was the source of his own adaptation. | |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 6 March 2015
A German farce in one act by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue.
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The original text
First performed by the Hof-Schauspieler-Gesellschaft in 1807 and published in 1807.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Intrigue aan het Venster, "kluchtspel in één bedrijf" by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop. Published in Amsterdam by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop, 1807.
Another Dutch version of the play is Limaçon de Dichter ("Limaçon the poet"), a satirical comedy in one act by Charles Etienne Boniface, attacking his former friend and colleage J. Suasso de Lima, and published in 1825. According to the author the 1807 Dutch translation by Van Esveldt Holtrop was the source of his own adaptation.
Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed in Boniface's adapted form as Limaçon de Dichter by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town, on 20 August 1825, followed by De Vrouw met Twee Mannen (De Pixérécourt).
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Das_Lustspiel_am_Fenster.html?id=iHg2mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
http://www.worldcat.org/title/intrigue-aan-het-venster-kluchtspel-in-een-bedrijf/oclc/63803740
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php
http://www.esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Boniface,_Charles_Etienne
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p. 293
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