Het Huishouden van Jan Steen

A two-act comedy, including songs, by M. Westerman.

The original text

The play is based on the life of the theatrical Dutch painter Jan Steen[1], whose lively scenes portraying everyday events were so filled with chaos and lustfulness, that the phrase "een huishouden van Jan Steen" ("a Jan Steen household"), referring to a messy scene, became a Dutch proverb.

Performance history in South Africa

1844: Performed by Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar on 18th September 1844 in Cape Town, as an afterpiece to Armoede en Grootheid (Von Kotzebue).

Sources

W. Th Kloek. 1998. "Een huishouden van Jan Steen", Part 4 of Verloren verleden : gedenkwaardige momenten en figuren uit de vaderlandse geschiedenis[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5zXD9ttDtR4C&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Het+Huishouden+van+Jan+Steen+Toneelstuk&source=bl&ots=L6VLFDt_-a&sig=Wcln-b3yNiANHxoEx7o0-l3UnYU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xk8KVcjCL4nwUMywgIAE&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Het%20Huishouden%20van%20Jan%20Steen%20Toneelstuk&f=false]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Steen

Bosman, 1928: 447

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