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| − | ("The Secret") According to the various sources there appear to have been a number of [[Dutch]] versions of plays by this name which have been performed in South Africa. There is some confusions in some cases about the exact text that was used, for they seem to be somewhat interwoven. | + | ''[[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, Italian, German or English. |
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| − | = ''Het Geheim'' by Hoffman and Solié=
| + | See the entries on '''''[[Le Secret]]''''', '''''[[Das Geheimnis]]''''', '''''[[The Secret]]''''', and so on. There is at times some confusion about exact text being used for a production, for the works seem to be somewhat interwoven. |
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| − | A [[Dutch]] version of ''[[Le Secret]]'', a French one-act opéra based on the comedy ''[[La Femme Jalouse]]'' by François-Antoine Jolly. The libretto by François Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828) and the music by Jean-Pierre Solié (1755- 1812). It was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in the Salle Favart on 20 April 1796. Published in 1796 as a "comédie mêlée de musique" ("a comedy with music").
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| | + | = [[Dutch]] plays called ''[[Het Geheim]]''= |
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| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geheim]]'' by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek. Published by Abraham Mars (Amsterdam), 1801.
| + | == ''Het Geheim'' by '''Hoffman and Solié''' (tr. Geysbeek)== |
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| − | == Performances in South Africa ==
| + | 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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| − | http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Het_geheim.html?id=holWAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
| + | == ''Het Geheim'' by '''Christian August Vulpius''' (tr. Anon.) == |
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| − | = ''Het Geheim'' by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827) =
| + | A [[Dutch]] translation of ''[[Das Geheimnis]]'', a German play in 5 acts by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827). |
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| − | A [[Dutch]] translation of ''[[Das Geheimnis]]'', a German play in 5 acts by Christian August Vulpius (1762 – 1827). Not often cited among his better works. Published in Leipzig in 1800. (Confusingly: He also produced the French one-act opera ''[[Le Secret]]'' (Hoffman and Solié, 1796), under the title ''[[Das Geheimnis]]'' the Hoftheater, in Leipzig in 1805.)
| + | '''See ''[[Das Geheimnis]]''''' |
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Mystery]]'' by M. Geisweiler c. 1800.
| + | == ''Het Geheim'' by '''Fournier and Arnould''' (Tr. A.H. de Bruine) == |
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| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geheim]]'' by an unknown author.
| + | A [[Dutch]] version of ''[[Un Secret]]'', a French drama in three acts by Narcisse Fournier and Auguste Jean François Arnould. |
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| − | == Performances in South Africa ==
| + | '''See ''[[Un Secret]]''''' |
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| − | 1855: Performed as ''[[Het Geheim]]'' on Tuesday 12 June 1855 by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], stipulated as a tragedy in five acts 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.
| + | ==''[[Het Geheim van Mevrouw]]'' by '''Moreau and Dumolard''' (Tr. "J.R.")== |
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| + | A [[Dutch]] version of ''[[Le Secret de Madame]]'' ("The secret of madame") by Charles Francois Jean Baptiste Moreau (1783-1832)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Fran%C3%A7ois-Jean-Baptiste_Moreau_de_Commagny] and Henri-François Dumolard (1771–1845)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Fran%C3%A7ois_Dumolard] |
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_August_Vulpius
| + | See ''[[Le Secret de Madame]]'' |
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| − | Kulturstiftung der Länder: Bibliothek der Deutschen Literatur - Bibliographie und Register, p. 423[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PXr-_ixz-9oC&pg=PA423&lpg=PA423&dq=Das+Geheimnis+von+Christian+August+Vulpius&source=bl&ots=spEDiUdQBR&sig=b6Retr0Djs52oc50lwpTZxnlkgw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zsxmVemJKqKe7gakwIOQAg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Das%20Geheimnis%20von%20Christian%20August%20Vulpius&f=false]
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| − | Facsimile of the German text of 1800 (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=g1JIAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=Das+Geheimnis+Schauspiel+von+Christian+August+Vulpius&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kilnVZG8HpP7sATOwoOQCA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Das%20Geheimnis%20Schauspiel%20von%20Christian%20August%20Vulpius&f=false]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 462-3
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| − | = ''Het Geheim'' by 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, first performed at the Théâtre de Vaudeville, Paris on 14 March 1840 and published in the Magasin Théatral by Marchant, 1840.
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| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] by A.H. de Bruine and published in Amsterdam in 1840.
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| − | == Productions in South Africa ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), and presumably the company, claims that the play performed by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] was a "tragedy in five acts", which - if correct - does suggest that the play produced may not in actual fact have been the Fournier and Arnould play, but simply another version of the 5-act tragedy by Vulvius.
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| − | 1867: Produced by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 26 June, with ''[[Uilenspiegel]]'' (Von Kotzebue).
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| − | 1867: Produced by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 16 July, with ''[[Het Bankroet van den Schoenlapper]]'' (Martainville).
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| − | 1896: Produced by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] at the new [[Opera House]], Cape Town on 7 July, with ''[[De Sint Nicolaas Avond, of Het Bezoek door den Schoorsteen]]'' (Kup).
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| − | 1910: Produced as the last production by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] under the leadership of the 71 year old [[Johan Combrink]], at the [[Good Hope Theatre]] 2 June and repeated on 4 June, followed by a ballet by 16 children, accompanied by the musical corps of [[F.H. Boonzaier]]. The critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] wrote a devastating criticism of what was apparently a ludicrous melodrama, badly presented.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] , 1980: pp. 443-4, 452
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| − | Facsimile version of the French text of 1840 (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-w5fAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Le+Secret+par+Fournier+et+Arnould&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q=Le%20Secret%20par%20Fournier%20et%20Arnould&f=false]
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| − | Louis B. Petit,''Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden'', (Part 2): p. 78 (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=XtEUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR78&lpg=PR78&dq=De+Geheim+tooneel+door+A.H.+de+Bruine&source=bl&ots=xYtw4E-29I&sig=Odd5CJqsU-CFhmqCm0SPNKm5blA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-yxnVY_TJeW0sASy-YGwCw&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=De%20Geheim%20tooneel%20door%20A.H.%20de%20Bruine&f=false]
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| − | J.A. Worp, Geschiedenis van het drama en van het tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2.P. 431[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
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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, Italian, German or English.
See the entries on Le Secret, Das Geheimnis, The Secret, and so on. There is at times some confusion about exact text being used for a production, for the works seem to be somewhat interwoven.
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
A Dutch version of Le Secret de Madame ("The secret of madame") by Charles Francois Jean Baptiste Moreau (1783-1832)[1] and Henri-François Dumolard (1771–1845)[2]
See Le Secret de Madame
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