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As an actor he is known for the film ''Levensschaduwen'' (1916).
 
As an actor he is known for the film ''Levensschaduwen'' (1916).
  
Besides a number of poems, he wrote some plays, including ''[[Marsyas, of De Betooverde Bron]]'', and translated others from classical sources (e.g. ''[[De Bacchanten Tragedie]]'' by Euripides.)
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Besides a number of poems, including the "dramatic poem" ''Orpheus'' (1917), he wrote a play ''[[Marsyas, of De Betooverde Bron]]'' and translated others from classical sources (e.g. ''[[De Bacchanten Tragedie]]'' by Euripides, 1920).  
  
 
In 1927 he wrote and published a standard [[Dutch]] work on the theory and practice of playwriting, entitled ''Dramaturgie''.
 
In 1927 he wrote and published a standard [[Dutch]] work on the theory and practice of playwriting, entitled ''Dramaturgie''.

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Balthazar Verhagen (1881-1950) was a Dutch born actor, theorist, poet, playwright and drama teacher.

Biography

Born in Amsterdam, he trained as an actor and became the director of the Toneelschool in Amsterdam in 1915, a post he held till 1939. He was also a private lecturer in playwriting at the University of Amsterdam (1924-1929).

As an actor he is known for the film Levensschaduwen (1916).

Besides a number of poems, including the "dramatic poem" Orpheus (1917), he wrote a play Marsyas, of De Betooverde Bron and translated others from classical sources (e.g. De Bacchanten Tragedie by Euripides, 1920).

In 1927 he wrote and published a standard Dutch work on the theory and practice of playwriting, entitled Dramaturgie.

In 1939 he left Amsterdam for South Africa, settling in Pretoria, where he died in 1950.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Sources

Balthazar Verhagen. 1963. Dramaturgie. Second edition. Amsterdam: Moussault's Uitgeverij NV

http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=verh014

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1596718/bio

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