Frédéric à Spandau, ou Le libelle
Frédéric à Spandau, ou Le libelle is a French tragedy in 3 acts by Hyacinthe Dorvo.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Translated into Dutch by Casper Vreedenberg (1806) as Frederik de Groote te Spandau, of Het Lasterschrift,, translation of the French tragedy in 3 acts by Hyacinthe Dorvo , originally entitled Frédéric à Spandau, ou Le libelle (1806).
The Dutch text, with full title Frederik de Groote te Spandau, of Het Lasterschrift, translated from the French by Casper Vreedenberg (1806), was
1834: Performed by Tot Nut en Vermaak in the African Theatre on 2 August, 1834, with a ballet (written by C.E. Boniface and directed by W. Boonzaayer), as interlude and Meester Vink, of De Vermiste Diamant (Désaugiers and Gentil)as an afterpiece.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 147;
"Théatre de Désaugiers" in the Internet Archive[2]
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