De Zaakwaarnemer

De Zaakwaarnemer ("The agent") is a Dutch comedy in one act by Arnold (Nicolaas Arnoldus Wijnstok, 1830-1878)

However, according to both F.C.L. Bosman (1980) and Ingmar Koch (1997), a play of the same name by F. van der Stempel (fl 1870s) was performed in Cape Town in 1876. This seems to be an error.

The original text

Written for the Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, in 1857 and published in Amsterdam by P.M. van der Made, 1862.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed in Dutch as in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 5 October by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II (and seemingly ascribed to F. van der Stempel), with Engeland in het Jaar 1651, of Deugd en Misdaad (Ziegler/Roobol).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 459, 470

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[1]

Archieven.nl: Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, 1857 (c. 1962) [2]

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