Er valt een traan op de tompoes

Play · Dutch · 1979

Play text: Annie M.G. Schmidt

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Er valt een traan op de tompoes is a tragicomedy by Annie M.G. Schmidt about a seriously ill man who wants to decide how his life ends and the conflicting responses of his wife, daughter and friend. The play combines euthanasia, family conflict and absurdist humour and premiered in 1979.

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Er valt een traan op de tompoes

Toneelvereniging Heer Hendrik

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Feb – Mar 2026

's-Heer Hendrikskinderen · Zeeland · Netherlands

Er valt een traan op de tompoes

De Plankeniers

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Oct 2009

Ravels · Belgium

Er valt een traan op de tompoes

De Zeeuwse Komedie

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2007

Vlissingen · Zeeland · Netherlands

Er valt een traan op de tompoes

Kunst Adelt Steenbrugge

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1993

Assebroek · Belgium

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