Sans Quartier, of Het Vergenoegen Overtreft den Rykdom
Sans Quartier, of Het Vergenoegen Overtreft den Rykdom ("Without residence, or contentment is more valuable than wealth") is play by an anonymous author.
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The play is a Dutch translation of Le Savetier et Le Financier, ou Contentement passe Richesse, a one act "comédie-vaudeville".
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Performance history in South Africa
1848: Performed in Dutch by Hoop en Trouw on 24 November in the Hoopstraat-Skouburg (Hope Street Theatre) in Cape Town, as afterpiece to Siegfried van Hohenwart (Westerman).
1849: Performed in Dutch by the same company (now renamed Tot Oefening en Vermaak) on 4 September in the Hoopstraat-Skouburg (Hope Street Theatre) in Cape Town, as afterpiece to De Deserteur (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 453-4,
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