De Kalkoen van Breda
A farce by by Carel Alexander Van Ray. Full Dutch title: De Kalkoen van Breda, of menig Voordeel Komt Onverwacht ("The Turkey of Breda, or many advantages come unexpectedly")
Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 6 June 1829 alongside De Lasteraar (Von Kotzebue), repeated on 28 May 1831 (as afterpiece to Robert , of De Struikroovers by Lamartélière, tr by Witsen Geysbeek).
Other performances: 18 September 1844 and 30 April 1846 by Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap in the Roeland Street Theatre; 23 October 1851 by Tot Oefening en Vermaak in the Garrison Theatre, as afterpiece to De Toveres Sidonia (Zschokke), as a charity performance.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: pp 241, 447.
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