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A French play in three acts by J.D. Villenhoven.
 
== The original text ==

Possibly performed in French in 1796 or 1797, published in French in Amsterdam in 1798 by  J. Dôll.

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated by an anonymous translator into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Volsan, of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed]]'', published in Amsterdam in 1797.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1822: Performed by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, in the [[Dutch]] translation (''[[Volsan, of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed]]''), with ''[[Der Deserteur|De Deserteur]]'' (Von Kotzebue). Originally announced for 21 September, but postponed to  24 September.

== Sources ==

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Volsan_ou_le_misanthrope_par_infortune_d.html?id=UorWtgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.amazon.com/Volsan-Menschenhater-Tegenspoed-Dutch-Edition/dp/116601360X

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp 233, 443, 450

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