Di Neef als Oom

Encore des Ménechmes is a French play in three acts by Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828)[1].

The original text

Deriving from the ancient theme of the "Menaechmi" (identical twins) popular from the days of Menander and Plautus and appreaing often in the works of Shakespeare, Regnard, and so on, Picard's play was first performed at the Théâtre de Monsieur, Paris, on 9 June, 1791

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into German by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)[2] as Der Neffe als Onkel ("The cousin as uncle")

Translated from the German into Afrikaans by D.G. Conradie as Di Neef als Oom ("The cousin as uncle") in 1909.

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Beno%C3%AEt_Picard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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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