In den Kerker van Simancas, 1570

 In den Kerker van Simancas, 1570 ("In the prison of Simancas 1870") is a Dutch one-act tragedy by Samuel Johannes Bergh (1814-1868)

The play is also found as  In den Kerker van Simancas 1570 and  In den Kerker van Simancas.

The original text
Described as a "dramatisch tafereel" ("dramatic tableau") and was first published in 1860 (publisher not mentioned).

Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II on 30 March in the Germania Hall, Cape Town, with Een Uurtje op 't Kantoor (Egmond).

1871: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II on 19 October in the Germania Hall, Cape Town, with Een Reis met Hindernissen, of De Speler Bekeerd (Melt J. Brink|Brink).

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