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Revision as of 05:25, 14 May 2020
Janus Tulp is a Dutch comedy by Justus van Maurik ()[].
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The original text
Inspired by Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Van Maurik created "Janus Tulp" as a type of "Hollandse burgeredelman" (lit "citizen aristocrat"), a barber who had become rich.
The name "Janus Tulp" has since become a metaphor 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") in this period.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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