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) by . The presentation was delivered by Een Zwart Heer ("A Black Gentleman"), claimed to have been one of the foremost performers in the Kingdom of Acte.
F.C.L. Bosman (1928[1]) 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.
