Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera
A play by Abraham Louis Barbaz (1770 – 1833)
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The original text
Based on a 1777 story by by Baculard d'Arnaud entitled Makin, Anecdote Anglaise (published by Delalain, 1777/Moutard 1781). The play first performed (?) and published by P. J. Uylenbroeck,1800.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1822: Performed in Dutch in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 23 November by Tot Nut en Vermaak, with as De Lotery Briefjes(Bingley) and Het Losse Schot (Von Kotzebue).
1823: Performed in Dutch in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 18 June by Tot Nut en Vermaak, with a "Groot Concert" ("Great Concert") entitled [[De Batailje van Waterloo, of La Belle Alliance.
Sources
Facsimile of the original text [1] Gilbert Van De Louw, 1969. Baculard d'Arnaud, romancier ou vulgarisateur: pp. 138-144[2]
Facsimile of the d’Arnaud story, in Epreuves du sentiment, par M. d'Arnaud.1781 (Google eBook)[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y5Js_VOJDLQC&pg=PA320&dq=Makin+par+Baculard+d%27Arnaud&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MF5VVbiuMOLT7Qb1t4Eo&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Makin%20par%20Baculard%20d'Arnaud&f=false]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 234-5 Go to ESAT Bibliography
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