Bertram de Cipier

Bertram de Cipier ("Bertram the warder") is a dramatic sketch in Dutch by Arnold (Nicolaas Arnoldus Wijnstok, 1830-1878).

The original text
Written for the Rederijkers, it was published in Volume 4 of Poëzij voor Rederijkers by P.M. van de Made, Amsterdam, in 1858.

Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed by Aurora II in the hall of the Liedertafel Germania, Cape Town on 10 September, with De Twee Huisknechts, of De Bedrieger Bedrogen (Arnold)  as an afterpiece.

1872: Performed by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 9 April, with De Dochter van Dominique (Van der Hoop)  as an afterpiece.

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