Moederliefde en Heldenmoed, of De Gevangenis op het Slot 's Gravensteen te Antwerpen

Moederliefde en Heldenmoed, of De Gevangenis op het Slot 's Gravensteen te Antwerpen ("Motherly love and courage, or the jail on the lock at 's Gravensteen at Antwerp") is a historical tragedy by Arie Ruijsch (1797-1871)

The author's name often found as Arie Ruysch in later publications of the text and in South Africa.

The original text
Published in Vlissingen by Wedts de Swart, 1837, in aid of a the construction of a statue for Admiral M.C. de Ruiter.

Performance history in South Africa
1887: Performed in Dutch as Moederliefde en Heldenmoed, of De Gevangenis op het Slot 's Gravensteen te Antwerpen by Aurora II in the Drill Hall, Cape Town, on 12 July, with De Verstrooiden (Von Kotzebue).

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