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A two-act comedy, including songs, by [[M. Westerman]].  
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''[[Het Huishouden van Jan Steen]]'' ("the household of Jan Steen") is a two-act [[Dutch]] comedy, including songs, by Marten Westerman (1775-1852)[https://www.geni.com/people/Marten-Westerman/6000000007161307327].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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The play is based on the life of the theatrical [[Dutch]] painter Jan Steen[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Steen], 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.
 
The play is based on the life of the theatrical [[Dutch]] painter Jan Steen[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Steen], 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.
  
Written and performed in 1816 or 1817, and published in Amsterdam by H van Kesteren (the second edition is dated 1823).
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Written about 1800 and published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren in  1806 (the second edition is dated 1823). A performance is reviewed in ''De Tooneelkijker'' of 1817.  
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Facsimile of ''De Tooneelkijker'' Vol 2 (1817), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=BAYvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=Het+Huishouden+van+Jan+Steen+Westerman&source=bl&ots=_iSOMcTctB&sig=mKb2i7o7bl8UC_VfcBe_GAhBAcw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vlAKVfeoOYPjU5nYg-gK&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Het%20Huishouden%20van%20Jan%20Steen%20Westerman&f=false]
 
Facsimile of ''De Tooneelkijker'' Vol 2 (1817), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=BAYvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=Het+Huishouden+van+Jan+Steen+Westerman&source=bl&ots=_iSOMcTctB&sig=mKb2i7o7bl8UC_VfcBe_GAhBAcw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vlAKVfeoOYPjU5nYg-gK&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Het%20Huishouden%20van%20Jan%20Steen%20Westerman&f=false]
  
Bosman, 1928: 447
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''Alphabetische naamlijst van boeken, welke sedert 1790 tot en met het jaar 1831, in Noord-Nederland zijn uitgegeven'' (1832), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PxJEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA727&lpg=PA727&dq=Het+Huishouden+van+Jan+Steen+Westerman&source=bl&ots=SojQHzYBMS&sig=FfK6LfmHsbcWlqDdcDf-rr8otsw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YlMKVc7dMYjSUZiWgvgD&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCjgK#v=onepage&q=Het%20Huishouden%20van%20Jan%20Steen%20Westerman&f=false]
  
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[[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. 447, 497
  
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https://www.geni.com/people/Marten-Westerman/6000000007161307327
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:45, 20 March 2017

Het Huishouden van Jan Steen ("the household of Jan Steen") is a two-act Dutch comedy, including songs, by Marten Westerman (1775-1852)[1].

The original text

The play is based on the life of the theatrical Dutch painter Jan Steen[2], 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.

Written about 1800 and published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren in 1806 (the second edition is dated 1823). A performance is reviewed in De Tooneelkijker of 1817.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1844: Performed by the joint company 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[3]

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

Facsimile of original Dutch text, Google E-book[4]

Facsimile of De Tooneelkijker Vol 2 (1817), Google E-book[5]

Alphabetische naamlijst van boeken, welke sedert 1790 tot en met het jaar 1831, in Noord-Nederland zijn uitgegeven (1832), Google E-book[6]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp. 447, 497

https://www.geni.com/people/Marten-Westerman/6000000007161307327

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