De Val van den Hertog van Alba

De Val van den Hertog van Alba ("The fall of the Duke of Alba") is a Dutch play in five acts by Jan Schuitemaker (fl 1860s).

The original text
Written for the Rederijkers, it is described as a historical dramatic sketch...in five parts" ("geschiedkundige dramatische schets ... in vijf afdeelingen") and ascribed to the author of the play Een Geschandvlekte Naam (i.e. J. Schuitemaker). Published in Purmerende by J. Schuitemaker, 1869 (Volume 5 of Bibliotheek voor Rederijkers).

Performance history in South Africa
1873: Performed by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 10 June, with  De Onaangename Huishoudster  (Brink)  as an afterpiece.

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