Valmont de Saint Priest, of De Schipbreukeling
Valmont de Saint Priest, of De Schipbreukeling ("Valmont the Saint Priest, or The Castaway") is an original Dutch play by J. E. de Witte van Haemstede (1763-1853).
Contents
The original text
Published in Zwolle by Jan de Vri (1800)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1834: Performed in Dutch on 13 September by Vlyt en Kunst in the Cape Town Theatre , with Castor en Pollux ( by "an amateur" - i.e. Boniface) as intermezzo[1], and Nog Net Zoo (Boniface).
1835: Performed in Dutch on 14 March by Vlyt en Kunst in the Cape Town Theatre , with De Helleveeg (Loosjes).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1800 Dutch text, Google eBook[2]
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/92076/BibliographicResource_1000056179394.html
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 330-331.
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