Jean-Pierre-Diogenes, of L'Orateur dans un Tonneau
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("Jean-Pierre-Diogenes, or The Speaker in a Barrel").
An introduction in 3 languages (Dutch, English and French), spoken after a performance of De Struikroovers van Kalabrien, of De Onveilige Wildernis (Tréogate). The presentation was delivered by "a certain black Gentleman previously one of the most eminent Actors in the Kingdom of Acte". (Original Dutch: "Dit zal door een zeker zwart Heer gesproken worde, die voormaals een de voornaamste Acteurs in het Koningkryk Acte was." (cit: Bosman, 1928, p 140 - Bosman believes it to have been the first appearance on the formal stage by a black actor in the Cape, and places the "Kingdom of Acte" in Madagascar.)
