Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars

A free Dutch translation of Dago, ou Les Mendians d'Espagne ("Dago, or the Spanisch beggars") a French melodrama in three acts by Jean Guillaume Antoine Cuvelier de Trye (1766-1824).

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The original text

Written and first produced in Paris, 1806?, with music by Louis de Moranges and dances by Mr Richard. The text published in Paris by Barba in 1806.

Translations and adaptations

Translated freely into Dutch as Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars by Bernard Antoine Fallée (1806). The Dutch version published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1807.

Performance history in South Africa

16 October 1819: Performed in Dutch by a new company called Men Doet Wat Men Kan in the African Theatre, Cape Town, with Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil (Dorvigny).

Sources

http://www.worldcat.org/title/dago-of-de-spaansche-bedelaars-tooneelspel-in-3-bedryven/oclc/64205481/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

http://www.worldcat.org/title/dago-of-de-spaansche-bedelaars-tooneelspel-in-3-bedryven/oclc/825857675?referer=di&ht=edition

Internet Archive - Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars[1]

Bosman, 1928: pp.135-6;

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