Niets en Iets, of De Vijf Gestorvenen

Niets en Iets, of De Vijf Gestorvenen ("Nothing and something, or the five dead") is a Dutch musical comedy (vaudeville) by Dirk Willem Stoopendaal (?-1828)[1].

Also referred to simply as Niets en Iets.

Sometimes the title is spelled Niets en Iets, of De Vyf Gestorvenen (e.g. by F.C.L. Bosman, 1928.)

The original text

Published by M. Gastman and D. Heukelom, 1823

Performance history in South Africa

1825: Performed as Niets en Iets, of De Vyf Gestorvenen by Tot Nut en Vermaak in De Liefhebbery Toneel on 19 November, as afterpiece to Edele Harten door Driften Geslingert, of Gevolgen van Jeugdige Ligtzinnigheid (Eberstein) .

1825: Performed as Niets en Iets, of De Vyf Gestorvenen by Tot Nut en Vermaak in De Liefhebbery Toneel on 3 December, as afterpiece to De Kluizenaar op Formentera (Von Kotzebue) . This evening was done as a benefit for "some needy households" in Cape Town.

1830: Performed as Niets en Iets by Tot Nut en Vermaak in De Liefhebbery Toneel on 23 October , as afterpiece to Natuur en Pligt, of De Zoon Regter over Zyn Vader (Pelletier-Volméranges).

Sources

Facsimile version of the orginal 1823 text, Google Books[2]

http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/08320212

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 237, 243

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