De Grijze man, of De Rondborstige
De Grijze man, of De Rondborstige ("The grey man, or the frank man") was a Dutch translation of L'Homme Gris, a comedy in three acts by Jean Marie Théodore Baudouin (called d'Aubigny) and Adolphe Poujol.
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The original text
First performed at the Théatre Royal de l’Odéon in Paris on 23 September 1817.
Published by Mad. Ladvocat, Paris, 1817.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Grijze man, of De Rondborstige ("The grey man, or the frank man") by "P.L." (P. Lemarque).
Published in Amsterdam by H. van Kesteren en zoon, 1817.
Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed by Tot Nut en Vermaak in the African Theatre on 15 April 1825, as afterpiece to Pamela (Pelletier Volméranges)
Sources
Facsimile version of the Dutch text (second edition), Google E-book[1]
Bosman, 1928: pp 235
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