De Kalkoen van Breda, of Menig Voordeel Komt Onverwacht
De Kalkoen van Breda, of Menig Voordeel Komt Onverwacht ("The Turkey of Breda, or many advantages come unexpectedly") is a Dutch farce with music, by Carel Alexander Van Ray (1780-1842)[1].
Often cited simply as De Kalkoen van Breda.
Original text
Published in Amsterdam by Abraham Mars in 1816.
South African performances
1829: Produced in the De Liefhebbery Toneel, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 6 June alongside De Lasteraar (Von Kotzebue),
1831: Produced in the De Liefhebbery Toneel, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 28 May 1831 (as afterpiece to Robert , of De Struikroovers by Lamartélière, tr by Witsen Geysbeek).
1844: Produced on 2 August by Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap in the Roeland Street Theatre, as afterpiece to Eleonora van Rosalba, of De Puinhopen van Paluzzi
1846: Performed in Cape Town in Dutch by Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar on 30 April, in the Roeland Street Theatre, as afterpiece to Volsan, of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed (Villenhoven).
1851: Produced on 23 October by Tot Oefening en Vermaak in the Garrison Theatre, as afterpiece to De Toveres Sidonia (Zschokke), as a charity performance.
Sources
Facsimile text of De Kalkoen van Breda, Google Books[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.241-243, 375, 447-455, 497
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