List van Vrouwen

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List van Vrouwen ("artifices of women") is a Dutch comedy by an anonymous author.

The original text

No specific play by this particular name has so far been found, but according to * there are a number of similarly titled texts in Dutch, including:

Vrouwelist, of De Losbol van Veertig Jaren, freely translated from a play by J.C. Honig, the Dutch version published in Zaand, 1815.

Vrouwelist Koomt Alles te Boven by H. Hoogd, published in Utrecht in 1793

De Gelukte Vrouwelist, of De Bedroge Meneer, a farce by J. van Duteren, published in Amsterdam 1722.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1911: Performed by Aurora III in the ANV Saal, Cape Town, on 5 December as part of the St Nicholas festivities.

Sources

Louis B. Petit. 1887. Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden., Part 2:Brill Archive[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 478

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