Difference between revisions of "De Bloemenkrans, of De Minnaar in den Boom"
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| − | According to the preface by the author (1836), it was first written in French as a vaudeville piece entitled ''[[Le Mariage à l'Houssarde]]'', which was only done once, and was then reworked in a one act [[Dutch]] version (without music) for performance in 1836, and publication by Mensing en Van Westreenen, Rotterdam, 1836. | + | According to the preface by the author (1836), it was first written in French as a vaudeville piece entitled ''[[Le Mariage à l'Houssarde]]'', which was only done once, and was then reworked in a one act [[Dutch]] version (without music) for performance in 1836, and publication by Mensing en Van Westreenen, Rotterdam, 1836. |
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| + | Van der Sprong states that he also wrote a German version. | ||
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| + | 1853: Performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in Cape Town in the [[Garrison Theatre]] on 14 July as afterpiece to as ''[[Hariadan Barbarossa, of Het Beleg van Reggio]]'' (Fallee). | ||
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Revision as of 08:53, 17 January 2016
De Bloemenkrans, of De Minnaar in den Boom is a one act comedy by Henricus van der Sprong.
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The original text
According to the preface by the author (1836), it was first written in French as a vaudeville piece entitled Le Mariage à l'Houssarde, which was only done once, and was then reworked in a one act Dutch version (without music) for performance in 1836, and publication by Mensing en Van Westreenen, Rotterdam, 1836.
Translations and adaptations
Van der Sprong states that he also wrote a German version.
Performance history in South Africa
1853: Performed in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in Cape Town in the Garrison Theatre on 14 July as afterpiece to as Hariadan Barbarossa, of Het Beleg van Reggio (Fallee).
Sources
Facsimile version of the first Dutch edition, Google E-Book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 457.
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
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