Trente Ans ou La Vie d'un Joueur

A melodrama by Victor Ducange and Dinaux.

The original text

Described initially as a "Mélodrame en trois journées", in later publications as .

It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, on 19 June 1827,with Frédérick Lemaître in the lead. Music by Alexandre Piccini, divertissement by Corally and décor by Lefebvre. Author: Victor Ducange; Jacques Félix Beudin

Published in Paris by Barba in 1827.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Dertig Jaren, of Het Leven van een Dobbelaar. Apparently copied from the first performance by A.J. van Delden Stevenz and subtitled a "Melodrama in drie tijdperken "However the first published Dutch translation, as Dertig Jaren, of Het Leven van een Dobbelaar, is credited to was done by Bernard Antoine Fallée, and subtitled a "tooneelspel, dat in drie dagen afspeelt". Published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren, 1828.