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| − | + | ''[[Siegfried von Lindenberg]]'' is a German comedy in five acts by Philipp Ludwig Bunsen (1760 - 1809)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Ludwig_Bunsen] | |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| − | A free adaptation by Bunsen of | + | A free adaptation by Bunsen of Siegfried von Lindenberg, a German comic novel by Johann Gottwerth Müller (published in 1781/1782). The five act play was performed and published in 1790. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] and published as ''[[Siegfried van Lindenberg]]'' in Amsterdam by Hendrik Gartman, Willem Vermandel, and Jan Willem Smit in 1790/1791. Performed in The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague in 1808. | + | Translated into [[Dutch]] and published as ''[[Siegfried van Lindenberg]]'' in Amsterdam by Hendrik Gartman, Willem Vermandel, and Jan Willem Smit in 1790/1791. Performed in The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague in 1808. |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1829: Performed by the amateur company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on | + | 1829: Performed by the amateur company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 31 October with as afterpiece ''[[De Engelsche Goederen]]'' (Von Kotzebue). The title given by Bosman (1928, p. 242) is the German version ''[[Siegfried von Lindenberg]]'', however the performance was most likely in [[Dutch]], using the 1790/91 translation. Bosman also refers to it as a play in '''three''' acts, though the original was a five act play. |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Facsimile of the 1790 German text, Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10106572_00001.html] | Facsimile of the 1790 German text, Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10106572_00001.html] | ||
| − | OCLC WorldCat[http://www.worldcat.org/title/siegfried-van-lindenberg-blijspel-in-vijf-bedrijven/oclc/900634071?referer=di&ht=edition] | + | Bibliographic entry on the Dutch translation of ''Siegfried van Lindenberg'': OCLC WorldCat[http://www.worldcat.org/title/siegfried-van-lindenberg-blijspel-in-vijf-bedrijven/oclc/900634071?referer=di&ht=edition] |
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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/]: pp. 242 | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:54, 30 January 2017
Siegfried von Lindenberg is a German comedy in five acts by Philipp Ludwig Bunsen (1760 - 1809)[1]
Contents
The original text
A free adaptation by Bunsen of Siegfried von Lindenberg, a German comic novel by Johann Gottwerth Müller (published in 1781/1782). The five act play was performed and published in 1790.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch and published as Siegfried van Lindenberg in Amsterdam by Hendrik Gartman, Willem Vermandel, and Jan Willem Smit in 1790/1791. Performed in The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague in 1808.
Performance history in South Africa
1829: Performed by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 31 October with as afterpiece De Engelsche Goederen (Von Kotzebue). The title given by Bosman (1928, p. 242) is the German version Siegfried von Lindenberg, however the performance was most likely in Dutch, using the 1790/91 translation. Bosman also refers to it as a play in three acts, though the original was a five act play.
Sources
Facsimile of the 1790 German text, Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek[2]
Bibliographic entry on the Dutch translation of Siegfried van Lindenberg: OCLC WorldCat[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 242
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