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''[[De Sint Nicolaas Avond, of Het Bezoek door den Schoorsteen]]'' is a comedy by H. van Kup (full names: H. van Overvest Kup: ''floreat'' 19th century)[http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/06487436]. 


== The original text ==


First performed in the Rotterdamschen Schouwburg on 9 December, 1809 and published in Amsterdam by  H. van Kesteren, 1809.

== Translations and adaptations ==


  
== Performance history in South Africa ==

1829: First performed in Cape Town by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 22 August 1829, along with ''[[Julius van Sassen]]'' (Zschokke). According to Bosman (1928: p. 242), the Kup play was erroneously ascribed to Piek. 

1832: Performed in [[De Liefhebbery Tooneel]], Cape Town, as ''[[Sint Nicolaas Avond]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 4 August 1832, along with ''[[Das Kind der Liebe|De Onechte Zoon]]'' (Von Kotzebue). 

1844: Performed in Cape Town by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar]] on 16 October 1844, along with ''[[Carolina en Walmond, of De Geboete Misstap]]'' (Fallee).

1845: Performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Het Hollandsch Toneellievend Gezelschap]] using the combined mottoes [[Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar]] in [[Roeland Street Theatre|De Hollandse Skouburg]] ("the [[Dutch]] theatre") on 17 September, with ''[[Montoni, of Het Kasteel van Udolpho]]'' (Duval).

1868: Performed in the [[Odd Fellows' Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] on 25 and 30 September, with ''[[De Graaf Orzano, of De Bedelaar van Napels]]'' (Vorking). The second evening also had a "cotillon" danced by eight children.

1896: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by [[Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst]] on 7 July, with ''[[Het Geheim]]'' (Arnould and Gournier/De Bruine).

== Sources ==

http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/06487436

"Aankondiging van voorstelling: 1809-12-09"[http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/indonesie_onafhankelijk_-_fotos_1947-1953/items/GAR01:1809-12-09/&st=sint%20nicolaas&sc=(cql.serverChoice+all+sint++AND+nicolaas)] on the website ''Geheugen van Nederland''[http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/indonesie_onafhankelijk_-_fotos_1947-1953/homepage] (accessed 2016/01/29) 

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.  242, 245, 447, 449, 497

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.444-5, 452

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