Eulenspiegel

A German dramatic farce in one act by August von Kotzebue (1761 – 1819),

The original text

Originally apparently written by Von Kotzebue as a libretto for an opera by this name, with music by Ludwig Wilhelm Tepper von Ferguson, and produced by Von Kotzebue in the German Theatre in St Petersburg in 1801 (to no great success).

Possibly reworked as a one-act farce, published in German in Berlin 1807, first performed in this form in the Königliches Schauspielhaus, Berlin in 1806.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Uilenspiegel by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, and published by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1812.

Performance history in South Africa

1819: Announced for performance by Tot Nut en Vermaak in Dutch as Uilenspiegel in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 5 June. However it was postponed, taking place 12 June 1819, as afterpiece to Menschenhaat en Berouw (Von Kotzebue).

1825: Performed in Dutch as Uilenspiegel by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 4 June in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to De Broeders Op Den Toets (Pelletier-Volméranges).

1838: Performed in Stellenbosch in Dutch as Uilenspiegel by Door Yver Vruchtbaar on 24 October, with Eleonora van Rosalba (Pujos and J. Dabaytua).

1845: Performed in Dutch as Uilenspiegel by the combined company, Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap playing under the combined motto Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar, in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town on 3 December, as afterpiece to Loon der Waarheid (Von Kotzebue).

1847: Performed in Dutch as Robert, of De Struikroovers by the combined company, Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap playing under the combined motto Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar, in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town on 2 November, as afterpiece to De Baron van Felsheim (Bernos).

1852: Performed by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the Bree Street Theatre, Cape Town on 16 September, with De Onechte Dochter (J.P. Meijer).

Sources

Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres, Stanford University Libraries[1]

Stanley Hochman 1984 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes, Stanley Hochman, Volume 1: p. 182 [2]

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Uilenspiegel.html?id=p3YMtwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 134, 236, 456-7,

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