Criquet, ou L'Arlequin par Occasion

Criquet, ou L'Arlequin par Occasion is a comedy in one act by Sewrin (Charles-Augustin Bassompierre, 1771–1853)[1]

The original text

First performed in the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris on 28 July, 1812 and published by Barba in 1813.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Arlequin by Toeval, of Eene Weldaad Blijft Nooit Onbeloond ("Harlequin by chance, or a good deed never remains unrewarded") by Casper Vreedenberg (1772-1840)[2].

Published under the names of both authors by J.C. van Kesteren in 1818

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed in Dutch as Arlequin by Toeval, of Eene Weldaad Blijft Nooit Onbeloond by De Eendracht in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town on 10 August, with Siegfried van Hohenwart (Westerman), with a backdrop created by R.S. Cooper.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1813 French text, Google E-book[3]

Facsimile version of the 1818 Dutch text, Google E-book[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewrin

http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/06740242

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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