De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven
De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven (lit. "the co-lover of himself") is a French musical comedy by Denis Carolet ()[].
Contents
The original text
A French play by
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven (lit. "the co-lover of himself") by M. Westerman and described as a vaudeville or "blyspel met zang in één bedryf" (a "comedy in one act with singing"), it was published in Rotterdam by J. Hofhout en Zoon, 1800, but credited to .
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed in Dutch as De Medeminnaar van Zichzelven in Paarl on 26 May by an unnamed company (referred to by Bosman simply as "plaaslike jong liefhebbers" - i.e. "local young amateurs"), without any author or venue being mentioned either.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1800 edition of the Dutch text by Hofhout, Google E-book[1]
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: p.444
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