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First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779.
 
First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779.
  
However, there is a suggestion by Loos[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SLIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Les+billets+de+loterie+une+comedie+en+deux+actes&source=bl&ots=-cCzrsQkVQ&sig=r6ZfS0xDmiRk4zTvGWgO5ymCdHw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mchSVcikK4KzUY7ageAM&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Les%20billets%20de%20loterie%20une%20comedie%20en%20deux%20actes&f=false] that the French work may in its turn have been based on a German play.
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== Translations and adaptations ==
  
== Translations and adaptations ==
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The Italian original was apparently translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper]]'' ("The lottery tickets or the cheated shoe repairer") by the [[Dutch]] theatre manager and actor Ward Bingley (1757 -1818)[http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward], and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley.
  
Possibly translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper]]'' by Ward Bingley and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley.  
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Apparently the title was adapted to ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker]]'' ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker") in later publications.
  
Apparently the title was adapted to ''[[De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker]]'' ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker")in later publications.
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Simply called '''''[[De Lotery Briefjes]]''''' in South Africa.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1822: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Lotery Briefjes]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 23 November by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]], with ''[[Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera]]'' (Barbaz) and ''[[Het Losse Schot]]'' (Von Kotzebue).
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1822: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Lotery Briefjes]]'' (and credited to Bingley) in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 23 November by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]], with ''[[Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera]]'' (Barbaz) and ''[[Het Losse Schot]]'' (Von Kotzebue).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward
 
http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward
 
Loos, 1814. ''Journal général de la littérature étrangère'': p.84 (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SLIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Les+billets+de+loterie+une+comedie+en+deux+actes&source=bl&ots=-cCzrsQkVQ&sig=r6ZfS0xDmiRk4zTvGWgO5ymCdHw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mchSVcikK4KzUY7ageAM&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Les%20billets%20de%20loterie%20une%20comedie%20en%20deux%20actes&f=false]
 
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Billets
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Billets
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Facsimile version of ''Les Deux Billets'' (1782): Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=HYdm3EOPG7cC&pg=PP14&lpg=PP14&dq=Les+Billets+de+Loterie+une+comedie&source=bl&ots=lWvW6xc_MN&sig=VRCCqOJiIH7Uc1CmpYsO96efDEg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7iu-NxprPAhUBAsAKHQ_sB9Q4ChDoAQgYMAA#v=onepage&q=Les%20Billets%20de%20Loterie%20une%20comedie&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of ''Les Deux Billets'' (1782): Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=HYdm3EOPG7cC&pg=PP14&lpg=PP14&dq=Les+Billets+de+Loterie+une+comedie&source=bl&ots=lWvW6xc_MN&sig=VRCCqOJiIH7Uc1CmpYsO96efDEg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7iu-NxprPAhUBAsAKHQ_sB9Q4ChDoAQgYMAA#v=onepage&q=Les%20Billets%20de%20Loterie%20une%20comedie&f=false]
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: p.234  
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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/]: p. p.234  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:35, 16 April 2017

Les Deux Billets is a one act "Arlequinade" by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)[1].

The original text

First performed by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi on 9th February, 1779.

Translations and adaptations

The Italian original was apparently translated into Dutch as De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenlapper ("The lottery tickets or the cheated shoe repairer") by the Dutch theatre manager and actor Ward Bingley (1757 -1818)[2], and first performed at the Amsterdamsche Schouwburg (possibly in 1794), it was published in Amsteldam by Dempter 1794 and credited to Bingley.

Apparently the title was adapted to De Loterijbriefjes, of De Bedrogen Schoenmaker ("The lottery tickets, or the cheated shoemaker") in later publications.

Simply called De Lotery Briefjes in South Africa.

Performance history in South Africa

1822: Performed in Dutch as De Lotery Briefjes (and credited to Bingley) in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 23 November by Tot Nut en Vermaak, with Makin, of De Ontdekking van Madera (Barbaz) and Het Losse Schot (Von Kotzebue).

Sources

Liesbeth Sparks, Bingley, Ward, in: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley, Ward [12/11/2013]

From Rotterdam theater playbills (1791-1887) of the Stadsarchief Rotterdam [3]

http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1780-1830/lemmata/data/Bingley,%20Ward

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Billets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Claris_de_Florian

Facsimile version of Les Deux Billets (1782): Google E-book[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: p. p.234

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