biography
pronunciation:
[langendiyk]
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| lived:
| (1683–1756)
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| biography:
| Playwright and poet, born in Haarlem, W Netherlands. He produced his first work at the age of 16, the comedy Don Quichotte op de bruiloft van Kamacho (1699, Don Quichotte at Kamacho's Wedding). A member (factor) of the Haarlem Rederijkerskamer ‘Trou moet blycken’, he also wrote poetry and tragedies, but it is for his comedies that he is best remembered, and his Het wederzijds huwelijksbedrog (1712, The Mutual Marital Deceit) is still performed today. From 1749 he was town historian of the city of Haarlem. |
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