Een Muzikale Gek

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Een Muzikale Gek ("a musical fool") is a comedy in one act by N.C. Koster (fl. 1860-1890).


The original text

Based on an unnamed English play, probably translated and adapted for performance by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II in 1872.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1872: Performed in Dutch as Een Muzikale Gek by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 24 September, with De Ster van het Noorden (J.M. Belinfante).

Sources

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember) [1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 467

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