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There are three French one-act plays by this name:  
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'''There are two French one-act plays by this name:'''  
 
 
There is a [[Dutch]] play called ''[[Het Testament]]'', adapted "from the French"  by P. van der Velde ()[], which could be version of either, though the likely candidate would be the Radet work.
 
  
 
=''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will")  by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle =
 
=''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will")  by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle =
  
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''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") is a one act comedy by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Le_Bouyer_de_Fontenelle]
  
''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will") is a one act comedy by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle()[]
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== The original text ==
  
 
Published in Volume 8 of ''Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle'' by Bernard Brunet, Paris, in 1751.
 
Published in Volume 8 of ''Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle'' by Bernard Brunet, Paris, in 1751.
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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To date there have been no records found of any translations or performances of the Fontenelle play done in South Africa.
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=''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will")  by J.B. Radet=
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''[[Le Testament]]'', is a vaudeville style one act play ("comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles") by  Jean-Baptiste Radet (1752-1830)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Radet]
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==The original text==
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First performed at the Theatre de Vaudeville on 5 October, 1797 Published 1797
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Judging from internal evidence, it may have been the source used by Scribe and Delavigne for their "comédie-vaudeville"  ''[[L'Héritière]]'' ("The heir") of 1834 - a play which was translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("Blijspel, met sang") by an anonymous author, and first performed and published in Amsterdam by Westerman en Zoon and Van der Hulst in 1834.  It is most probably the translation listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980)  as ''[[Het Testament]]'' ("The will") and described as a [[Dutch]] one act play adapted "from the French"  by P. van der Velde.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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Though no records of performances of the Radet play have been found so far, there '''have''' been performances of the Scribe and Delavigne play (in [[Dutch]] translation) in 1870 and 1910. ('''See ''[[L'Héritière]]''''')
  
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= Sources =
  
Facsimile version of ''Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KjVPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Le+testament+une+comedie&source=bl&ots=IPRIcAZmPd&sig=hwBvsruSixjBrZeUyQHzRUnIw0g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp-e6iovLYAhWUasAKHWiWCP44ChDoAQhRMAc#v=onepage&q=Le%20testament%20une%20comedie&f=false]
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Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of ''[[Le Testament]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=aMNoAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  
=''[[Le Testament]]'' ("The will")  by J.B. Radet=
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Facsimile version of the original published text of ''[[L'Héritière]]'',  1823, ''Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_AlR98LaBBPgC]
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Facsimile version of the 1834 [[Dutch]] text of ''[[Het Testament]]'' of , Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=UetTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=Het+Testament+Scribe+Delavigne&source=bl&ots=Scf8-8ObfK&sig=K7KjxFG-ZjubK1ADIVA1wi8HMTs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKhob0tvLYAhVqDMAKHWcMDHgQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=Het%20Testament%20Scribe%20Delavigne&f=false]
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Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 2013. ''The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876''. Springer,
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p. 176[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VLoqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=Het+Testament+Scribe+Delavigne&source=bl&ots=fQ2ZAktLT9&sig=W2AN_PYwyjvYptmrqDezkyuR_9o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKhob0tvLYAhVqDMAKHWcMDHgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Het%20Testament%20Scribe%20Delavigne&f=false]
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Facsimile version of ''[[Le Testament]]'' in the ''Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KjVPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Le+testament+une+comedie&source=bl&ots=IPRIcAZmPd&sig=hwBvsruSixjBrZeUyQHzRUnIw0g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp-e6iovLYAhWUasAKHWiWCP44ChDoAQhRMAc#v=onepage&q=Le%20testament%20une%20comedie&f=false]
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Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of ''[[Le Testament]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=aMNoAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 465, 476.
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Le Testament, is a a vaudeville style one act play ("comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles") by  J.B. Radet ()[]
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First performed at the Theatre de Vaudeville on 5 October, 1797 Published 1797
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facsimnile version of the 1797 edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=aMNoAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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Het testament, blijspel met zang
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By Augustin Eugène Scribe, Germain Delavigne
 
  
[[L'Héritière]]
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Authors Augustin Eugène Scribe, Germain Delavigne
 
Published 1834
 

Latest revision as of 09:30, 27 January 2018

There are two French one-act plays by this name:

Le Testament ("The will") by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

Le Testament ("The will") is a one act comedy by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)[1]

The original text

Published in Volume 8 of Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle by Bernard Brunet, Paris, in 1751.

Performance history in South Africa

To date there have been no records found of any translations or performances of the Fontenelle play done in South Africa.

Le Testament ("The will") by J.B. Radet

Le Testament, is a vaudeville style one act play ("comédie en un acte et en prose, mêlée de vaudevilles") by Jean-Baptiste Radet (1752-1830)[2]

The original text

First performed at the Theatre de Vaudeville on 5 October, 1797 Published 1797

Judging from internal evidence, it may have been the source used by Scribe and Delavigne for their "comédie-vaudeville" L'Héritière ("The heir") of 1834 - a play which was translated into Dutch as Het Testament ("Blijspel, met sang") by an anonymous author, and first performed and published in Amsterdam by Westerman en Zoon and Van der Hulst in 1834. It is most probably the translation listed by F.C.L. Bosman (1980) as Het Testament ("The will") and described as a Dutch one act play adapted "from the French" by P. van der Velde.

Performance history in South Africa

Though no records of performances of the Radet play have been found so far, there have been performances of the Scribe and Delavigne play (in Dutch translation) in 1870 and 1910. (See L'Héritière)

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of Le Testament, Google E-book[3]

Facsimile version of the original published text of L'Héritière, 1823, Internet Archive[4]

Facsimile version of the 1834 Dutch text of Het Testament of , Google E-book[5]

Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 2013. The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876. Springer, p. 176[6]

Facsimile version of Le Testament in the Oeuvres de Monsiour De Fontenelle, Google E-book[7]

Facsimile version of the 1797 edition of Le Testament, Google E-book[8]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 465, 476.

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