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''[[De Boodschapper, of Loevestein in 1570]]'' ("The messenger, or Loevestein in 1570") is a historical drama in 5 acts by Hendrik Kroon (1841-?)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gQgiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA790&lpg=PA790&dq=Hendrik+Kroon+toneelschrijver&source=bl&ots=93h5o7bto0&sig=O92dSVsUctBiZ6_26jtVxda1KtY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT3avD3YvZAhXEY8AKHUVSBMMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Hendrik%20Kroon%20toneelschrijver&f=false].

Wrongly given as ''[[De Boodschapper op Loevestein]]'' ("The messenger at Loevestein in 1570") in some instances (as cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980)

==The original text==

The play was inspired by the novel ''Het Slot Loevestein in 1570'' ("the lock Loevenstein 1570") by J. van den Hage (pseud. of Jan Frederik Oltmans, 1806-1854)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Frederik_Oltmans], published in 1839. Kroon wrote the text for the use of the [[Rederijkers]], and it first performed in Hoorn by the Rederijkerskamer West-Frisia on 10 and 11 December, 1867. The text was published in Hoorn by Persijn, 1868.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1871: Performed as ''[[De Boodschapper op Loevestein]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in the hall of the [[Germania Hall]], Cape Town on 14 September, with  ''[[Knopen in de Zakdoek]]''  (Anon.)  as an afterpiece.

1871: Performed as ''[[De Boodschapper op Loevestein]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in the hall of the [[Germania Hall]], Cape Town on 23 September, with  ''[[Twee Oude Gekken in de Klem]]''  (T. van der Stempel)  as an afterpiece.

1881: Performed as ''[[De Boodschapper of Loevestein in 1670]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in the hall of the [[Athenaeum  Hall]], Cape Town on 25 August, with  ''[[Hans de Kruier]]''  (Anon.)  as an afterpiece.

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the original [[Dutch]] text of 1868, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/De_boodschapper_of_Loevestein_in_1570.html?id=cFFQAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y]

Ingmar Koch. 2013. ''Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad''. Bijlage 2: Toneelstukken (of -fragmenten) door [[Aurora]] opgevoerd[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]

Willemina van der Meer. 1996. ''Biographical Index of the Benelux Countries'', Pub: Walter de Gruyter. Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gQgiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA790&lpg=PA790&dq=Hendrik+Kroon+toneelschrijver&source=bl&ots=93h5o7bto0&sig=O92dSVsUctBiZ6_26jtVxda1KtY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT3avD3YvZAhXEY8AKHUVSBMMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Hendrik%20Kroon%20toneelschrijver&f=false]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 466, 473. 

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