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A [[Dutch]] version of ''[[Diderich Menschenskraek]]'', a Danish comedy in one act by  Ludwig Holberg (1684-1754). Translated inaccurately into English as [[Diderich the Terrible]]
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A [[Dutch]] version of ''[[Diderich Menschenskraek]]'', a Danish comedy in one act by  Ludwig Holberg (1684-1754).  
 
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
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Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Dirk Meschenschrik]]'' and published in Amsterdam by Steven van Esveldt in 1767 (in the collection ''Zes aardige en vermakelyke blyspeelen'' by Lodewyk Holberg (the [[Dutch]] version of the author's name).  
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Dirk Meschenschrik]]'' and published in Amsterdam by Steven van Esveldt in 1767 (in the collection ''Zes aardige en vermakelyke blyspeelen'' by Lodewyk Holberg (the [[Dutch]] version of the author's name).  
  
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Translated into English as ''[[Diderich the Terrible]]''
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 07:19, 24 March 2015

A Dutch version of Diderich Menschenskraek, a Danish comedy in one act by Ludwig Holberg (1684-1754).

The original text

The original Danish play published in 1724 (Eng. Diderich the Terrible)

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Dirk Meschenschrik and published in Amsterdam by Steven van Esveldt in 1767 (in the collection Zes aardige en vermakelyke blyspeelen by Lodewyk Holberg (the Dutch version of the author's name).

Translated into English as Diderich the Terrible

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Holberg

Facsimile version of the 1767 Dutch text[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=HKY5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR5&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 338, 454


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