Janus Tulp

Janus Tulp is a Dutch comedy in four acts by Justus van Maurik Jr ()[].

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 play was published by Scheltema and Holtema, Amsterdam, 1879.

The name "Janus Tulp" has since become a metaphor in the Netherlands.

Performance history in South Africa

1891-1892: Performed in Pretoria by the rederykerskamer Oefening Baart Kunst ("practice brings art") in this period.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original published text of 1879, Google E-book[1]

https://www.ensie.nl/scheldwoordenboek/janus-tulp

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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