De Hoefsmid

("The Blacksmith ")

A Dutch translation of Le Maréchal Ferrant: Opéra Comique En Un Acte by Antoine-François Quétant, translated into Dutch by J. Menkema Jr. The translation published in Amsterdam in 1784.

The play was first published and performed with great success in 1761 in Paris with the title Le maréchal ferrant, with music by the famous composer (and chess player) François André Danacan Philidor . In 1762 the French text was already published and performed in the Amsterdam theatre. An earlier translation into Dutch by Jacques Toussaint Neyts (1727-1794) was published in Amsterdam in 1769, titled De paarde smit.

Performance history in South Africa

Performed by the children's company Kunst en Smaak in the Liefhebbery Toneel on 12 September 1835 (as afterpiece to Claudine (Van der Willigen), repeated on 19 September (alongside De Twee Jagers en het Melkmeisje and 't Zal Laat Worden ) and performed once more on 10 June 1836, alongside De Styuikroovers van Kalabrien, of De Onveilige Wildernis (Loaisel Tréogate).