Men Doet Wat Men Kan, Niet Wat Men Wil
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A Dutch translation of the French comédie-proverbe for two actors On fait ce qu’on peut et non pas ce qu’on veut, by Dorvigny (Louis-François Archambault - 1742- 1812; stage name Dorvigny)
Performed for the first time in Paris at le Théâtre des Varieties Amusantes in 1779. Published in French “au Magasin général des Pièces de Théâtre, chez J.B. Broulhiet, rue Saint-Rome”, Toulouse , 1785.
Translated from the French by Hendrik Ogelwight jr The Dutch version published 1787 (and again in 1805) in Amsterdam by Pieter Johannes Uylenbroek.
http://contentdm.warwick.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/Ancien/id/16506