Difference between revisions of "Janus Tulp"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The play is said to have been inspired by Molière's ''[[Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]]'', and was apparently (also?) based on  ''[[Barber Cox, and The Cutting of His Comb]]'', a story by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863) published in George Cruikshank's ''Comic Almanak for 1840''.   
+
The play is said to have been inspired by Molière's ''[[Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]]'', and was apparently (also?) based on  "Barber Cox, and The Cutting of His Comb", a story by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863) published in George Cruikshank's ''Comic Almanak for 1840''.   
  
Van Maurik created "Janus Tulp" as a type of "Hollandse burgeredelman" (lit "citizen aristocrat"), a barber and ** who had become rich.  
+
Van Maurik created "Janus Tulp" the "barbier en aanspreker" ("barber and orator") as a type of wealthy but foolish "Hollandse burgeredelman" (lit "citizen aristocrat").  
  
The play was first performed on 5th November 1877 in the Amsterdam Schouwburg and published by Scheltema and Holtema, Amsterdam, 1879.  
+
The play was first performed on 5th November 1877 in the Amsterdam Schouwburg , becoming very popular and frequently performed. The text was published by Scheltema and Holtema, Amsterdam, 1879.  
  
The name "Janus Tulp" has since become a metaphor in the Netherlands.
+
The expression  "een Janus Tulp" ("a Janus Tulp") has since become a term for "a fool" in the Netherlands .
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Line 16: Line 16:
  
  
1891-1892: Performed in Pretoria by the [[rederykerskamer]] [[Oefening Baart Kunst]] ("practice brings art") in this period.
+
1891-1892: Performed in Pretoria by the [[rederykerskamer]] [[Oefening Baart Kunst]] ("practice brings art").
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 06:28, 13 November 2020

Janus Tulp is a Dutch comedy in four acts by Justus van Maurik Jr (1846-1904)[1].

The original text

The play is said to have been inspired by Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and was apparently (also?) based on "Barber Cox, and The Cutting of His Comb", a story by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863) published in George Cruikshank's Comic Almanak for 1840.

Van Maurik created "Janus Tulp" the "barbier en aanspreker" ("barber and orator") as a type of wealthy but foolish "Hollandse burgeredelman" (lit "citizen aristocrat").

The play was first performed on 5th November 1877 in the Amsterdam Schouwburg , becoming very popular and frequently performed. The text was published by Scheltema and Holtema, Amsterdam, 1879.

The expression "een Janus Tulp" ("a Janus Tulp") has since become a term for "a fool" in the Netherlands .

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1891-1892: Performed in Pretoria by the rederykerskamer Oefening Baart Kunst ("practice brings art").

Sources

Facsimile version of the original published text of 1879, Google E-book[2]

ONSTAGE (Online Datasystem of Theatre in Amsterdam from the Golden Age to the present, University of Amsterdam)[3]

https://www.ensie.nl/scheldwoordenboek/janus-tulp

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

Lewis Melville. "The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray" in: Richard Pearson (ed.). 2016. The William Makepeace Thackeray Library: Volume VI. Routledge[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page