Het Dorpspleidooi
Het Dorpspleidooi ("The town's plea" or "a plea for a town") is a Dutch comedy by an unknown writer.
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Probably a local version of Het Oost-Vriesch Dorps-pleidooi, of De Herbergier Burgemeester ("the East-Frisian town's plea, or the hostelry-keeper mayor"), a Dutch vaudeville by C.A van Ray. (1834), which was in its turn based on the French vaudeville .
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Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed by amateurs drawn from the societies Aurora and De Eendracht in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 July, with De Jodin (/Hempel).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 451
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