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| − | ''[[On Fait ce qu’on Peut et non pas ce qu’on Veut]]'' ("One does what one can, not what one wants") is a one act ''comédie-proverbe'' for two actors by Dorvigny (Louis-François Archambault - 1742- 1812; stage name Dorvigny)
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Performed for the first time in Paris at Le Théâtre des Varieties Amusantes in 1779. Published in French by J.B. Broulhiet, rue Saint-Rome, Toulouse , in 1785.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]]'' ("One does what one can, not what one wants") 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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| − | 1806: First performed in South Africa on 31 May by a [[French Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, and Bosman (1928) suggests that it may have been done in the [[Dutch]] version, as ''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]]''. It was accompanied by performances of ''[[Pygmalion]]'' (Rousseau) and a ''[[Lyrische Scene]]'' ("lyric scene") by [[Monsieur Delémery|"De Heer Delémery"|]]).
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| − | 1815: Produced on 11 November by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] on 11 November, with the addition of ''[[De Struikroovers van Kalabrien, of De Onveilige Wildernis]]'' ( Tréogate) and ''[[Jean-Pierre-Diogenes, of L'Orateur dans un Tonneau]]'' ("The Speaker in a Barrel").
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| − | 1819: Performed on 16 October 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 appears to have been no further record of a performance.
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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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