Rozella en Guido, of Het Regt der Natuur
Rozella en Guido, of Het Regt der Natuur is a four-act Dutch comedy by Marten Westerman (1775-1852)[1].
Also written Rosella en Guido, of Het Regt der Natuur[2].
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Worp (1907: p. 351)[3], classifies the play as a Dutch example of a comédie larmoyante[4]. It was first published in Amsterdam by M. Westerman in 1801 (as Rosella en Guido, of Het Regt der Natuur) and by J.C. van Kesteren, 1802 (as Rozella en Guido, of Het Regt der Natuur).
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Performance history in South Africa
1853: Performed as Rozella en Guido, of Het Regt der Natuur by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the Bree Street Theatre, Cape Town on 28 April ( repeated on 3 May). The afterpiece was De Lotery Prys, of No. 2,5,3,8. (Hoare). The company claims - wrongly in the case of "De Lotery Prys" - that "Beide Stukken zullen voor de eerste maal op het Kaapsch Tooneel vertoond worden" (i.e. "the two works are seen on the Cape stage for the first time").
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 457,
Frederiks en Van den Branden. Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde:pp. 879-80[6]
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