De Keukenhelden
("Heroes of the kitchen") A one-act Dutch farce by C. van Foreest.
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The original text
Based on a French original by J.A. Jacquelin (apparently itself a parody Voltaire's five act tragedy, Tancrède), and published in Amsterdam by Pieter Johannes Uylenbroek, in 1799.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Performed in Dutch by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town theatre as on 20 March, with Het Geweten (Iffland).
Sources
Facsimile of the 1799 Dutch text[1]
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/Dutch/Ceneton/CenetonIncipits.html
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 132, 276
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