La Fille de Dominique
La Fille de Dominique ("The daughter of Dominique") is a French vaudeville piece ("comédie vaudeville ") by Ferdinand de Villeneuve (1801–1858)[1] and de Livry
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The original text
La fille de Dominique, in 1 act, with de Livry, performed and published in Paris by Barba in 1833:
Translations and adaptations
Freely translated into Dutch as a one act comedy with music entitled De Dochter van Dominique ("The daughter of Dominique"), a one act Dutch comedy by A. van der Hoop ()[], published in 1838 in Amsterdam by Westerman and Van Hulst. Often performed in Amsterdam and other cities, performances being recorded in 1841 and on 12 December 1843 in the Koninklijke Nederduitsche Schouwburg.
Performance history in South Africa
1872: Performed in Dutch as De Dochter van Dominique by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 9 April, with Bertram de Cipier (Van der Hoop).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Villeneuve
Facsimile version of the original Dutch text, Google E-book[2]
Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 2013. The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876, Springer, p. 180. Google E-book[3]
Bosch, 1844. De Spectator van tooneel, concerten en tentoonstellingen, Volume 2, p.55. Google E-book[4]
Louis B. Petit. Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden, Part 2 Brill Archive, 1887, p. LVII. Google E-book[5]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 463,467
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