Een Kapitale Erfenis, of De Corsicaanse Bloedwraak
Een Kapitale Erfenis, of De Corsicaanse Bloedwraak is a Dutch one act farce by an anonymous author.
Also found as Een Kapitale Erfenis, of De Corsikaansche Bloedwraak in some sources.
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The original text
Translated from an unknown English original, most probably for the Rederijkers, and published by in Kampen by L. van Hulst, 1874.
Translations and adaptations
22-8-1878; Performed Performers included Belinfante, De Jongh, Malherbe.
31-5-1883: Performed .
Based on the novel Les Barons de Felsheim (1798) by Pigault-Lebrun (Charles-Antoine-Guillaume Pigault de l'Épinoy) and first performed in Paris in the Théâtre de Ambigu-Comique[1] on 16 February. Published in Paris by Barba in 1811.
Translated into Dutch as De Baron van Felsheim, of De Slag bij Friedberg by an unknown translator, and published in Rotterdam by J. Hendriksen (no date).
Also found as De Baron van Felsheim, of De Slag by Friedberg or by its shorter title as De Baron van Felsheim.
Performance history in South Africa
1847: Performed in Dutch as De Baron van Felsheim, of De Slag by Friedberg 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, with as afterpiece Uilenspiegel (Von Kotzebue).
1878: Performed in Dutch as Een Kapitale Erfenis, of De Corsicaanse Bloedwraak by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, Cape Town, on 28 August, with De Baron van Felsheim, of De Slag bij Friedberg (
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 451
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