De Zaakwaarnemer

De Zaakwaarnemer ("The agent") is a Dutch comedy in one act by Arnold (Nicolaas Arnoldus Wijnstok, 1830-1878).

The original text
Written for the Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, in 1857 and published in Amsterdam by P.M. van der Made, 1862.

Performance history in South Africa
''According to both F.C.L. Bosman (1980) and Ingmar Koch (1997), a one-act play by this name, ascribed to F. van der Stempel (fl 1870s), was performed in Cape Town in 1876. This seems to be an error, and the play produced was surely the one by Arnold.''

1876: Performed in Dutch as in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 5 October by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Engeland in het Jaar 1651, of Deugd en Misdaad (Ziegler/Roobol).

1876: Performed in Dutch as in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 27 October by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Engeland in het Jaar 1651, of Deugd en Misdaad (Ziegler/Roobol).

1876: Performed in Dutch as in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 31 October by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Engeland in het Jaar 1651, of Deugd en Misdaad (Ziegler/Roobol).

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