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| − | Apparently based on ''La Pamela'' by Goldoni, a serious drama in its turn based on Samuel Richardson’s novel ''Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded''. Goldoni's play was first performed in Italian in 1750, and translated into English by John Nourse as ''Pamela, a Comedy'', performed in 1756. The French adaptation by was first performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de l'Ancien Opéra, in 1804 and in Paris by Barba in the same year. | + | Apparently based on ''La Pamela'' by Goldoni, a serious drama in its turn based on Samuel Richardson’s novel ''Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded''. Goldoni's play was first performed in Italian in 1750, and translated into English by John Nourse as ''Pamela, a Comedy'', performed in 1756. The French adaptation by Pelletier-Volméranges and Cubières-Palmézaux was first performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de l'Ancien Opéra, in 1804 and in Paris by Barba in the same year. |
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Revision as of 07:02, 24 May 2016
Paméla Mariée, ou Le Triomphe des Épouses ("Pamela married, of the triumph of virtue") is a three-act play French by Benoît Pelletier-Volméranges (1756-1824) and Michel de Cubières de Palmézeaux (authors given simply as "Pelletier-Volméranges et Cubières-Palmézaux" in the first edition.)
Contents
The original text
Apparently based on La Pamela by Goldoni, a serious drama in its turn based on Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded. Goldoni's play was first performed in Italian in 1750, and translated into English by John Nourse as Pamela, a Comedy, performed in 1756. The French adaptation by Pelletier-Volméranges and Cubières-Palmézaux was first performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de l'Ancien Opéra, in 1804 and in Paris by Barba in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch by an anonymous author as Pamela, of De Zegepraal der Onschuld, and published in Amsterdam by Abraham Mars in 1805.
"Pelletier-Volméranges et Cubières-Palmézaux"
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the original French publication by Barba, Warwick Digital Collections[1]
Facsimile version of the 1805 Dutch text, Google E-book[2]
http://global.britannica.com/topic/Pamela-A-Comedy
J.A. Worp. 1972 Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland (Deel 2: p. 449)[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp.
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(Michel de Cubières de Palmézeaux) Pelletier Volméranges, B., en Cubières-Palmezeaux, M. de, Paméla mariée, ou le Triomphe des épouses (1804) - Pamela, of de zegepraal der onschuld, 1805.
Pelletier Volméranges, B., en Cubières-Palmezeaux, M. de, Paméla mariée, ou le Triomphe des épouses (1804) -
Pamela, of de zegepraal der onschuld, 1805.
Published by Abraham Mars, Amsterdam in 1805
J.A. Worp. 1972 Geschiedenis van het drama en van het tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2: p. 449[5]
