De Onbekende Schoone
De Onbekende Schoone ("The unknown beauty") is a Dutch comedy in one act by J. Broekhoff ()[].
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The original text
Probably written for performance by the Dutch Rederijkers, as are most of Broekhoff's plays.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1883: Performed in Dutch as De Onbekende Schoone in the Oddfellows Hall,Cape Town, on 2 August by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Speculeren, of Misdadig uit Kinderliefde (Broekhoff)
1883: Performed in Dutch as De Onbekende Schoone in the Stadshuis,Paarl, on 14 August by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Speculeren, of Misdadig uit Kinderliefde (Broekhoff)
1883: Performed in Dutch as De Onbekende Schoone in the Volunteer Drill Hall,Cape Town, on 21 August by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Speculeren, of Misdadig uit Kinderliefde (Broekhoff)
1883: Performed in Dutch as De Onbekende Schoone in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 9 October by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Speculeren, of Misdadig uit Kinderliefde (Broekhoff). This evening under the patronage of President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal and his deputation.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 473-4,
Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 109.
Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[1]
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