Door Yver Vruchtbaar

DOOR YVER (IJVER) VRUCHTBAAR: Dutch amateur company founded by J.G. Tredoux, after breaking away from Tot Nut en Vermaak with some of its members. This Cape Town-based organisation was short-lived, 1826 - 1827. First performance September 9 1826: Het Schandmerk, or De Twee Galeiboeven (Boire, Camouche & Poujol, translated by De Quack). Last performance 31 March 1827. An organisation by the same name surfaced in Stellenbosch, 1833 - 1838. Possibly someone from the former company could have been the initiator, but this is merely a speculation. It staged similar productions, and played an integral part in Stellenbosch’s theatre heydays. This group was apparently forced under by the same puritanical crusade which led to the demise of the African Theatre in 1835. In 1843 a group under this name is once again advertised in Sam Sly’s Journal, Cape Town, where they performed Bianko of De Onzichtbare Man (as their third offering of the year, apparently). The next month they did De Wonder Doctor. In 1844 it apparently amalgamated with Tot Nut en Vermaak, to form Het Privaat Hollandsch Toneelievend Gezelschap, a company which remained the only Dutch company in the Cape until 1847.They performed under both mottos, i.e. Tot Nut en Vermaak and Door Yver Vruchtbaar. (See Bosman, 1928; Du Toit, 1988) [MN, JH] DOOR YVER VRUCHTBAAR. Short-lived amateur society founded in the Cape in 1826 by J.G. Tredoux, previously of Tot Nut en Vermaak, but already disbanded by 1827. From 1833 to 1838, a successful society by this name also operated in Stellenbosch. A new company with the same name appeared in the Cape in 1843 and immediately became very successful. In 1844, it joined forces with the resurfaced Tot Nut en Vermaak and the combined company (now known as Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar) remained the only Dutch company in the Cape until 1847. (Bosman, 1928;) [JH]

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