De Twee Grenadiers, of Het Misverstand
A comedy in 3 acts by Joseph Patrat. Original French: Les deux grenadiers ou les quiproquos, first performed at the Théâtre de la Cité, and repeated at the Théâtre Montansier 1790s. Published in Paris by Barba in 1796, then with changes and corrections in Troyes by Gobelet in 1798/99.
Translated into Dutch by Hendrik Kup. Dutch version published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren, 1838.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in Cape Town in Dutch by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense on 30 April, 1826, along with the one act tragedy Het Toegemetselde Venster by Von Kotzebue. (Translated from the High German by Van Estveldt Holtrop.)
Sources
Copy in the Digital Library of the Bavarian State Library[1]
Entry in Worldcat[2]
Bosman, 1928: p. 298
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