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''[[Criquet, ou L'Arlequin par Occasion]]'' is a comedy in one act by Sewrin (Charles-Augustin Bassompierre, 1771–1853)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewrin] 

==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)[http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/06740242].   

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[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3C1aAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Arlequin+par+le+hasard+Sewrin&source=bl&ots=3HQya6i9EL&sig=PRkmBsFmQ2G612ZImspY7ul98XE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ477fsojXAhVJIMAKHdDtApgQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=Arlequin%20par%20le%20hasard%20Sewrin&f=false]

Facsimile version of the 1818 [[Dutch]] text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=UeNNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false]

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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: 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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