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| − | 1815: The [[Dutch]] version performed in Cape Town by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 28 October, with the title rather uncertainly (and wrongly) listed as ''Jocrisse in (Eenen) Nieuwe Dienst'' by Bosman., plus dances and fencing demonstrations. Performed with ''[[ | + | 1815: The [[Dutch]] version performed in Cape Town by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 28 October, with the title rather uncertainly (and wrongly) listed as ''Jocrisse in (Eenen) Nieuwe Dienst'' by Bosman., plus dances and fencing demonstrations. Performed with ''[[La Forêt périlleuse, ou les Brigands de la Calabre]]'' (Von Kotzebue). |
1843: Performed in [[Dutch]] by the company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 27 October, again with the uncertain and wrong title. Performed with ''[[De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | 1843: Performed in [[Dutch]] by the company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 27 October, again with the uncertain and wrong title. Performed with ''[[De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | ||
Revision as of 06:52, 18 March 2015
A comedy in two acts by M. Dorvigny (nom de plume of Louis François Archambault)
Contents
The original French text
First performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Palais-Egalité in 1798, and published in Paris by Barba, in 1799.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch by "V.R." as Jocrisse in Eenen Nieuwen Dienst and published by H van Kesteren in Amsterdam in 1804 and reprinted in 1815.
Performance history in South Africa
1815: The Dutch version performed in Cape Town by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense in the African Theatre on 28 October, with the title rather uncertainly (and wrongly) listed as Jocrisse in (Eenen) Nieuwe Dienst by Bosman., plus dances and fencing demonstrations. Performed with La Forêt périlleuse, ou les Brigands de la Calabre (Von Kotzebue).
1843: Performed in Dutch by the company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 27 October, again with the uncertain and wrong title. Performed with De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Facsimile of the original French text (The Internet Archive)[1]
Facsimile of the original French text (Warwick Digital Collections)[2]
Facsimile of Dutch version, 2nd edition, 1815 (Google E-Book) [3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 443,
Go to ESAT Bibliography
