De Bloedzuigers, of De Minnehandel in de Apotheek

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De Bloedzuigers, of De Minnehandel in de Apotheek (lit. "The bloodsuckers, or the love trade in the pharmacy") is a Dutch musical comedy in one act by Arie Ruysch (1797-1871)[1]

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

The original text

First performed in the Koninklijken Schouwburg, at Den Haag, published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren, 1837

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1873: Performed by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 3 July, as an afterpiece to Het Vierde Huwelijk van Jacoba van Beijeren (Teengs) .

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1837 Dutch text (2nd improved edition), Google E-book[2]

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bran038biog01_01/bran038biog01_01_3539.php

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)

Facsimile version of the 1869 Dutch text, Google E-book[3]

"Uitgave van J. Schuitemaker te Purmerende voor Rederijkers!" in Purmerender Courant, 17 September, 1879: p. 3[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 466, 468.

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