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According to the various sources there appear to have been a number of Dutch versions of plays by this name.  
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''[[Het Geheim]]'' ("The Secret") is a [[Dutch]] title that appears to have been given to many plays, of which a number have been performed in South Africa. They are often translations from the French or the German (possibly even English, see '''''[[The Secret]]''''' by Morris) and there is some confusion in some cases about which exact text is being used, for the works  seem to be somewhat interwoven.  
  
  
= ''Het Geheim'' by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827) =
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= The plays =
  
A German play in 5 acts by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827).
 
  
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== ''Het Geheim'' by '''Hoffman and Solié''' (tr. Geysbeek)==
  
== Performances in South Africa ==
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A one act [[Dutch]] version of  ''[[Le Secret]]'', a French one-act opéra  by  François Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828) and Jean-Pierre Solié (1755- 1812).
  
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'''See ''[[Le Secret]]'''''
  
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== ''Het Geheim'' by '''Christian August Vulpius''' (tr. Anon.) ==
  
1855: Performed on Tuesday 12 June 1855 by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], and credited to "the author of ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, The Robber Captain|Rinaldini]]''" - i.e. Vulpius).  Also performed were  ''[[De Helleveeg]]'' (Loosjes) and ''[[Het Groot Ballet]]''. The evening was in support of the "Patriotic Fund" for the Crimean War. The production was possibly repeated on 28 June.
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A [[Dutch]] translation of ''[[Das Geheimnis]]'', a German play in 5 acts by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827).  
  
== Sources ==
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'''See ''[[Das Geheimnis]]'''''
  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_August_Vulpius
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== ''Het Geheim''  by '''Fournier and Arnould''' (Tr. A.H. de Bruine) ==
  
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A [[Dutch]] version of  ''[[Un Secret]]'', a French drama in three acts by Narcisse Fournier and  Auguste Jean François Arnould.
  
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'''See ''[[Un Secret]]'''''
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p462-3
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= ''Het Geheim'' by François Benoît Hoffman =
 
 
 
A French comedy by François Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828)
 
 
 
First performed by Les Comédiens Françaises at Le Théâtre Fedeau in Paris in 1797 and published Chez Huet in Paris in the same year.
 
 
 
 
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] by  Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek. Published by Abraham Mars (Amsterdam), 1801.
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Het_geheim.html?id=holWAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
 
 
= ''Het Geheim'' by A de Bruine =
 
 
 
The last production by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] under the leadership of the 71 year old [[Johan Combrink]], at the [[Good Hope Theatre]] 4 June, 1910. Boonzaier wrote a devastating criticism of what was apparently a ludicrous melodrama, badly presented, thus it was most probably a [[Dutch]] version of the Vulpius text.
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Revision as of 05:51, 30 May 2017

Het Geheim ("The Secret") is a Dutch title that appears to have been given to many plays, of which a number have been performed in South Africa. They are often translations from the French or the German (possibly even English, see The Secret by Morris) and there is some confusion in some cases about which exact text is being used, for the works seem to be somewhat interwoven.


The plays

Het Geheim by Hoffman and Solié (tr. Geysbeek)

A one act Dutch version of Le Secret, a French one-act opéra by François Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828) and Jean-Pierre Solié (1755- 1812).

See Le Secret

Het Geheim by Christian August Vulpius (tr. Anon.)

A Dutch translation of Das Geheimnis, a German play in 5 acts by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827).

See Das Geheimnis

Het Geheim by Fournier and Arnould (Tr. A.H. de Bruine)

A Dutch version of Un Secret, a French drama in three acts by Narcisse Fournier and Auguste Jean François Arnould.

See Un Secret

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