Jean-Pierre-Diogenes, of L'Orateur dans un Tonneau

("Jean-Pierre-Diogenes, or The Speaker in a Barrel"). An introduction in 3 languages (Dutch, English and French), spoken after a performance of (Tréogate)The presentation was by "a certain black Gentleman previously one of the most eminent Actors in the Kingdom of Acte". (Original Dutch: "Dit zal door een zeker zwart Heer gesproken worde, die voormaals een de voornaamste Acteurs in het Koningkryk Acte was." (cit: Bosman, 1928, p 140 - Bosman believes it to have been the first appearance on the formal stage by a black actor in the Cape, and places the "Kingdom of Acte" in Madagascar.)