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| − | + | The full version translated into [[Dutch]] by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop as ''[[Aballino, De Groote Bandiet]]''- (also written ''[[Aballino, De Groote Bandiet]]''). The [[Dutch]] version first performed ***, published by J. Dóll, 1805 | |
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| + | The play was adapted, much shortened, and totally rewritten as ''[[L'Homme à Trois Visages ]]'', a 3 act version in French, by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Charles_Guilbert_de_Pix%C3%A9r%C3%A9court]. | ||
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| + | The three-act version translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling]]'' by G. L. P. Sievers , and performed simultaneously in Amsterdam with the French version in Paris. Published Amsterdam by J. Dóll, 1802. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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Abällino, der Grosse Bandit ("Abällino the Great Bandit") is a German 5-act German tragedy by Heinrich Zschokke[1] (1771 - 1848)
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The original text
Based on his own novel, Abällino, der Grosse Bandit (1793) and it in turn modelled on Schiller's Die Räuber. The play was first produced in 1794, published by Apitz in 1795.
Translations and adaptations
Translations:
The full version translated into Dutch by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop as Aballino, De Groote Bandiet- (also written Aballino, De Groote Bandiet). The Dutch version first performed ***, published by J. Dóll, 1805
Adaptations:
The play was adapted, much shortened, and totally rewritten as L'Homme à Trois Visages , a 3 act version in French, by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt[2].
The three-act version translated into Dutch as De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling by G. L. P. Sievers , and performed simultaneously in Amsterdam with the French version in Paris. Published Amsterdam by J. Dóll, 1802.
Performance history in South Africa
1831: Performed in the shortened Dutch version (De Man in Drie Gedaanten, of De Balling), by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 21 August, with Het Glas Water (Von Guttenberg) as afterpiece.
1835: Dutch version performed in Cape Town
1873: Dutch version performed in the Odd Fellows' Hall by Door Ijver bloeit de Kunst (D.Y.b.d.K.) on 18 September 1873.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Zschokke
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Aballino_de_groote_bandiet.html?id=6GI6uAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Bosman, F.C.L., Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I, 1652-1855, 1928: pp. 334,
Bosman, F.C.L., Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. 1980).
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