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1831: Produced in the [[De Liefhebbery Toneel]], Cape Town, South Africa by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 28 May 1831 (as afterpiece to ''[[Robert , of De Struikroovers]]'' by Lamartélière, tr by Witsen Geysbeek). | 1831: Produced in the [[De Liefhebbery Toneel]], Cape Town, South Africa by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 28 May 1831 (as afterpiece to ''[[Robert , of De Struikroovers]]'' by Lamartélière, tr by Witsen Geysbeek). | ||
| − | 1844: Produced on 2 August by [[Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap]] in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Eleonora van Rosalba, of | + | 1844: Produced on 2 August by [[Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap]] in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Eleonora van Rosalba, of De Puinhopen van Paluzzi]]'' |
1846: Performed in Cape Town in [[Dutch]] by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar]] on 30 April, in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Volsan, of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed]]'' (Villenhoven). | 1846: Performed in Cape Town in [[Dutch]] by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar]] on 30 April, in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Volsan, of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed]]'' (Villenhoven). | ||
Revision as of 06:13, 9 April 2017
De Kalkoen van Breda, of Menig Voordeel Komt Onverwacht ("The Turkey of Breda, or many advantages come unexpectedly") is a Dutch farce with music, by Carel Alexander Van Ray (1780-1842)[1].
Often cited simply as De Kalkoen van Breda.
Original text
Partly based on the one-act French vaudeville-style comedy La Bonne Aubaine by Jean Baptiste Radet (first performed at the Théatre du Vaudeville on 28 January, 1793). The earliest production of Van Ray's play found was in Leyden in 1826, but the text was first published in Amsterdam by Abraham Mars in 1816, and a second edition, by Van Kesteren, was published in 1829.
South African performances
1829: Produced in the De Liefhebbery Toneel, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 6 June alongside De Lasteraar (Von Kotzebue),
1831: Produced in the De Liefhebbery Toneel, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 28 May 1831 (as afterpiece to Robert , of De Struikroovers by Lamartélière, tr by Witsen Geysbeek).
1844: Produced on 2 August by Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap in the Roeland Street Theatre, as afterpiece to Eleonora van Rosalba, of De Puinhopen van Paluzzi
1846: Performed in Cape Town in Dutch by Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar on 30 April, in the Roeland Street Theatre, as afterpiece to Volsan, of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed (Villenhoven).
1851: Produced on 23 October by Tot Oefening en Vermaak in the Garrison Theatre, as afterpiece to De Toveres Sidonia (Zschokke), as a charity performance.
Sources
Facsimile text of De Kalkoen van Breda, Google Books[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.241-243, 375, 447-455, 497
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