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''[[Het Dorpspleidooi]]'' ("The town's plea" or "a plea for a town") is a [[Dutch]] comedy by an unknown writer.  
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''[[Het Dorpspleidooi]]'' ("The town's plea" or "a plea for a town") is a [[Dutch]] [[vaudeville]] (or "blijspel met zang") by C.A. van Ray (1780-1842)[http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=ray_001].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The better known title for a comedy with music called ''[[Het Oost-Vriesch Dorps-pleidooi, of De Herbergier Burgemeester]]'' ("the East-Frisian town's plea, or the hostelry-keeper mayor"), a [[Dutch]] [[vaudeville]] by C.A van Ray, published in 's Gravenhage by Denzelsden, 1834.
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The play is often referred to by this title, the original of ''[[Het Oost-Vriesch Dorps-pleidooi, of De Herbergier Burgemeester]]'' ("the East-Frisian town's plea, or the hostelry-keeper mayor") being far more cumbersome. The play was published in 's Gravenhage by Denzelsden, 1834.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1892: Performed by [[amateur]]s drawn from the societies [[Aurora]] and [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 July, with ''[[De Jodin]]'' (/Hempel).
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1892: Performed as ''[[Het Dorpspleidooi]]'' by [[amateur]]s drawn from the societies [[Aurora]] and [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 July, with ''[[De Jodin]]'' (Scribe/Hempel).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 1938. ''The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876''. Springer[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VLoqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Het+Dorpspleidooi&source=bl&ots=fQ7-vjsER1&sig=ACfU3U1bBWSJGFdjkCfHUKXtXGTsXkCBxg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp7dDV98zkAhXhoFwKHcZZC-0Q6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Het%20Dorpspleidooi&f=false]
 
Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 1938. ''The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876''. Springer[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VLoqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Het+Dorpspleidooi&source=bl&ots=fQ7-vjsER1&sig=ACfU3U1bBWSJGFdjkCfHUKXtXGTsXkCBxg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp7dDV98zkAhXhoFwKHcZZC-0Q6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Het%20Dorpspleidooi&f=false]
  
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http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=ray_001
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 451
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 451

Latest revision as of 07:28, 13 September 2019

Het Dorpspleidooi ("The town's plea" or "a plea for a town") is a Dutch vaudeville (or "blijspel met zang") by C.A. van Ray (1780-1842)[1].

The original text

The play is often referred to by this title, the original of Het Oost-Vriesch Dorps-pleidooi, of De Herbergier Burgemeester ("the East-Frisian town's plea, or the hostelry-keeper mayor") being far more cumbersome. The play was published in 's Gravenhage by Denzelsden, 1834.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed as Het Dorpspleidooi by amateurs drawn from the societies Aurora and De Eendracht in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 July, with De Jodin (Scribe/Hempel).

Sources

Facsimile version of Naamlijst van uitgekomen boeken, kaarten, prentwerken, enz.: 1834/38, Amsterdam: C.L. Schleier: p.5[2]

Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 1938. The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876. Springer[3]

http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=ray_001

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 451

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