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''[[De Gebroeders]]'' ("The brothers") is a play performed in [[Dutch]] in Cape Town by ''[[Tot Nut en Vermaak]]'' on 15 August, 1818.  
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''[[De Gebroeders]]'' ("The brothers") is the title announced for a five-act tragedy performed in [[Dutch]] in Cape Town by ''[[Tot Nut en Vermaak]]'' on 15 August, 1818.  
  
The origin of the play is not certain, though [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 133) suggests this is either a translation of a play by Von Kotzebue, (unnamed - possibly ''[[Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung]]'', which had also been translated as ''[[De Broeders]]''), a translation of ''[[The Brothers]]'', a tragedy by Edward Young (1753).   
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The origin of the play is not certain, though [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 133) suggests this is either a translation of a play by Von Kotzebue, (unnamed - possibly ''[[Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung]]'', which had also been translated as ''[[De Broeders]]''), or a translation of ''[[The Brothers]]'', a tragedy by Edward Young (1753).   
  
Other likely possibilities would be Cumberland's comedy ''[[The Brothers]]'' () or Shirley's comedy, ''[[The Brothers]]'' (1763).
 
  
'''See also ''[[The Brothers]]'''''
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'''See also ''[[Bruderzwist, oder Die Versöhnung]]'' and also ''[[The Brothers]]'''''
  
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p.133, 252.
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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. 133, 252.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:29, 26 November 2016

De Gebroeders ("The brothers") is the title announced for a five-act tragedy performed in Dutch in Cape Town by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 15 August, 1818.

The origin of the play is not certain, though F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 133) suggests this is either a translation of a play by Von Kotzebue, (unnamed - possibly Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung, which had also been translated as De Broeders), or a translation of The Brothers, a tragedy by Edward Young (1753).


See also Bruderzwist, oder Die Versöhnung and also The Brothers


Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 133, 252.

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