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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 124, 135,  
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Dago, ou Les Mendians d'Espagne ("Dago, or the Spanish beggars") is a melodrama in three acts by Jean Guillaume Antoine Cuvelier de Trye (1766-1824)[1].

The original text

Written and first produced at the Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique in Paris, on 12 June 1806, with music by Louis de Moranges and dances by Mr Richard. The text published in Paris by Barba, 1806.

Translations and adaptations

Translated freely into Dutch as Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars by Bernard Antoine Fallée (1773-1847)[2]. The Dutch version published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1807.

The Dutch version adapted for Cape performances by C.E. Boniface and new music composed by Monsieur Cesar and C.E. Boniface, sometimes entitled simply Dago.

Performance history in South Africa

1819: Performed as Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars on 16 October in Dutch by a new company called Men Doet Wat Men Kan in the African Theatre, Cape Town, with Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil (Dorvigny). In the absence of the original music, special music was composed for the production by Monsieur Cesar and C.E. Boniface.

Sources

Facsimile version of the first French Edition by Barba, 1806. Internet Archive[3]

Facsimile version of the first French Edition by Barba, 1806. Google E-Book[4]

Facsimile version of the first Dutch Edition by Dóll, 1807. Google E-Book[5]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Guillaume-Antoine_Cuvelier

http://www.worldcat.org/title/dago-of-de-spaansche-bedelaars-tooneelspel-in-3-bedryven/oclc/64205481/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

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F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [6]: pp. 124, 135, 171`

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