De Dronkaard
(Full title De Dronkaard, of De Boer Edelman. Also spelled De Dronkaart in some copies.) Comedy in two acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand Von Kotzebue, translated into Dutch by J. S. Van Esveldt Holtrop in 1805, under this title.
Performance history in South Africa
1831: The Dutch text performed by Tot Nut en Vermaak in Cape Town with De Graaf van Waltron, of De Subordinatie (Moller).
1844: Performed in Stellenbosch on 5 June 1844 by the joint company "Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap" playing under the united motto of Tot Nut en Vermaak and Door Yver Vruchtbaar, as their first performance, along with Natuur en pligt, of de zoon rechter over zijnen vader (Pelletier-Volméranges)
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Jan ten Brink, Geschiedenis der Noord-Nederlandsche letteren in de XIXe eeuw. Deel 1. Tj. van Holkema, Amsterdam 1888[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
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