Table of Contents
Introduction9
Chapter 1. The Republic, Its Stage, and Its East India Company
Chapter 2. When Vondel Looked Eastwards: Joost Van Den Vondel’s Zungchin (1667
Chapter 3. Casting Despots in Dutch Drama: The Case of Nadir Shah in Van Steenwyk’s
Thamas Koelikan (1745)
Chapter 4: Swimming against the Tide: Onno Zwier Van Haren’s Agon, Sulthan Van Bantam
(1769)
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index