Arlequin, of De Gelukkige Visscher

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Arlequin, of De Gelukkige Visscher ("Arlequin, or The happy or fortunate fisherman") was a groot ballet pantomime ("great ballet pantomime") in three acts by R.C. van Goens (Rijklof Cornelis van Goens, 1753-1803)[1]


The original text

First published in Amsterdam by J.Helders and A. Mars in 1798, it was popular in the Netherlands.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1803-1806: Possibly also done in Cape Town in the Batavian Republic governed the colony.


Sources

Facsimile version of the 1798 edition, Google E-book[2]

F. Jos. van den Branden, J.G. Frederiks. 1888-1891. Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde(). Amsterdam: L.J. Veen: p. 285[3]

J.A. Worp (ca. 1972) Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2p. 219[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp.

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