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| − | A Dutch translation of the French ''comédie-proverbe'' for two actors ''On fait ce qu’on peut et non pas ce qu’on veut'', by Dorvigny (Louis-François Archambault - 1742- 1812; stage name Dorvigny)
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| − | Performed for the first time in Paris at le Théâtre des Varieties Amusantes in 1779. Published in French “au Magasin général des Pièces de Théâtre, chez J.B. Broulhiet, rue Saint-Rome”, Toulouse , 1785.
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| − | The Dutch version, translated from the French by Hendrik Ogelwight jr, was published in 1787 (and again in 1805) in Amsterdam by Pieter Johannes Uylenbroek.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 31 May 1806: First performed in South Africa by a [[French Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Pygmalion]]'' (Rousseau) and a ''[[Lyrische Scene]]'' ("Lyric Comedy", by [[De Heer Delémery|Delémery]]).
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| − | 11 November 1815: Produced by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] on 11 November, with the addition of ''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]]'' (Dorvigny) and "an introduction in 3 languages (Dutch, English and French)" entitled ''[[Jean-Pierre-Diogenes, of L'Orateur dans un Tonneau]]'' ("The Speaker in a Barrel"), spoken by "a certain [[Black|black]] Gentleman previously one of the most eminent Actors in the Kingdom of Acte". (Original [[Dutch]]: "Dit zal door een zeker zwart Heer gesproken worde, die voormaals een de voornaamste Acteurs in het Koningkryk Acte was." (cit: [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928, p 140 - Bosman believes it to have been the first appearance on the formal stage by a black actor in the Cape, and places the "Kingdom of Acte" in Madagascar.)
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| − | 16 October 1819: Performed by a new company called [[Men Doet Wat Men Kan]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars]]'' (Cuvelier).
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| − | 1836: Apparently enquiries about borrowing a text were made by [[Vlyt en Kunst]] sometime in January , though no there appear to have been no further record of a performance.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://contentdm.warwick.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/Ancien/id/16506
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| − | http://www.earlydutchbooksonline.nl/nl/view/image/formtype/advanced/author/%22Dorvigny%22/searchaction/list/id/dpo%3A470%3Ampeg21
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| − | http://books.google.co.za/books?id=k9BPAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.92,
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 M|M]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
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