De Bloemenkrans, of De Minnaar in den Boom
De Bloemenkrans, of De Minnaar in den Boom is a one act comedy by Henricus van der Sprong.
The original text
According to the preface by the author (1836), it was first written in French as a vaudeville piece entitled Le Mariage à l'Houssarde, which was only done once, and was then reworked in a one act Dutch version (without music) for performance in 1836, and publication by Mensing en Van Westreenen, Rotterdam, 1836. He states that he also wrote a German version.
Sources
Facsimile version of the first Dutch edition, Google E-Book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 457.
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