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| − | [[Het Hollandsch Toneellievend Gezelschap]] ("The [[Dutch]] theatre-loving Company") was an amateur theatre society in Cape Town.
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| − | Performed under the motto, and was also known as, '''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan]]''' ("One does what one can").
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| − | == History ==
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| − | Formed in Cape Town 1819, according to Bosman (1928) a "mushroom company", apparently formed by some rebels who had broken away from the company [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] and possibly taking in some people from another society, [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]]. The intention may have been to get all the [[Dutch]] performers together in one organization. Its secretary was [[J.C. Gie]], formerly of [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]], and [[C.E. Boniface]] was also involved.
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| − | Their motto was "Men doet wat men kan" ("One does what one can"), taken from the name of a play they had doen, ''[[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]]'' by Dorvigny.
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| − | == The Performances ==
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| − | 10 July 1819: [[Montoni, of Het kasteel van Udolpho]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town. Repeated on 25 September 1819
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| − | 16 October 1819: [[Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil]] (Dorvigny) in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Dago, of De Spaansche Bedelaars]]'' (Cuvelier).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[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. 132-136
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