Niets en Iets, of De Vijf Gestorvenen

Niets en Iets, of De Vijf Gestorvenen ("Nothing and something, or the five dead") is a Dutch musical comedy (vaudeville) by Dirk Willem Stoopendaal (?-1828).

Also referred to simply as Niets en Iets.

Sometimes the title is spelled Niets en Iets, of De Vyf Gestorvenen (e.g. by F.C.L. Bosman, 1928.)

The original text
Published by M. Gastman and D. Heukelom, 1823

Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed as Niets en Iets, of De Vyf Gestorvenen by Tot Nut en Vermaak  in De Liefhebbery Toneel  on 19 November, as afterpiece to  Edele Harten door Driften Geslingert, of Gevolgen van Jeugdige Ligtzinnigheid  (Eberstein).

1825: Performed as Niets en Iets, of De Vyf Gestorvenen by Tot Nut en Vermaak  in De Liefhebbery Toneel on 3 December, as afterpiece to  De Kluizenaar op Formentera  (Von Kotzebue). This evening was done as a benefit for "some needy households" in Cape Town.

1830: Performed as Niets en Iets by Tot Nut en Vermaak in De Liefhebbery Toneel on 23 October, as afterpiece to  Natuur en Pligt, of De Zoon Regter over Zyn Vader (Pelletier-Volméranges).

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