List van Vrouwen
List van Vrouwen ("artifices of women") is a Dutch comedy by an anonymous author.
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The original text
No specific play by this particular name has so far been found, but according to a list of Dutch plays provided by Petit (1887), there are a number of similarly titled texts in Dutch, including:
Vrouwelist, of De Losbol van Veertig Jaren, a play with music, freely translated from a play by J.C. Honig, the Dutch version published in Zaand, 1815.
Vrouwelist Koomt Alles te Boven a comedy by H. Hoogd, published in Utrecht in 1793
De Gelukte Vrouwelist, of De Bedroge Meneer, a farce by J. van Duteren, published in Amsterdam 1722.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1911: Performed by Aurora III in the ANV Saal, Cape Town, on 5 December as part of the St Nicholas festivities.
Sources
Louis B. Petit. 1887. Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden., Part 2:Brill Archive[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 478
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