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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
The title derives from the theatrical paintings of 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.
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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.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:25, 19 March 2015

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.

Translations and adaptations

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

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

Bosman, 1928: 447


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