Een Hedendaagsch Duel
Een Hedendaagsch Duel ("a contemporary duel") is a dramatic sketch by Giuseppe
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The original text
Perhaps a Dutch version of Il duello al buio ("The duel in the dark")a melodramma two acts with a libretto by Giuseppe Checcherini.
Published by Tipografia Flautina, 1835
Translations and adaptations
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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