Een Hedendaagsch Duel

Een Hedendaagsch Duel ("a contemporary duel") is a dramatic sketch by Giuseppe

The original text

Perhaps a Dutch version of Il Duello al Buio ("The duel in the dark") a melodrama in two acts with a libretto by Giuseppe Checcherini (1777–1840)[1].

Published by Tipografia Flautina, 1835

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Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed in Dutch as Een Hedendaagsch Duel (Guiseppe) by Aurora II in Paarl, as an afterpiece to Gustaaf Wasa (Von Kotzebue) on 7 November.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 462, Go to ESAT Bibliography

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