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''[[Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland]]'' ("Johan de Witt, councilor pensionary of Holland") is a prose work consisting of selection of dramatic scenes, written by A. Loosjes (Adriaan Pietersz Loosjes, 1761-1818)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Loosjes_(1761-1818)] | ''[[Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland]]'' ("Johan de Witt, councilor pensionary of Holland") is a prose work consisting of selection of dramatic scenes, written by A. Loosjes (Adriaan Pietersz Loosjes, 1761-1818)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Loosjes_(1761-1818)] | ||
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Unconventionally written as a piece of dramatized prose, partly narrative and partly dramatic dialogue, based on selected historical scenes from the life of the liberal and influential [[Dutch]] councilor pensionary, Johan de Witt (1625–1672)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt#Grand_Pensionary]. The text was published by the author in Haarlem, 1805, in a book consisting of 18 chapters and has 302 pages. | Unconventionally written as a piece of dramatized prose, partly narrative and partly dramatic dialogue, based on selected historical scenes from the life of the liberal and influential [[Dutch]] councilor pensionary, Johan de Witt (1625–1672)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt#Grand_Pensionary]. The text was published by the author in Haarlem, 1805, in a book consisting of 18 chapters and has 302 pages. | ||
| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| + | According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 471)one of the scenes, based on events in 1672, was adapted by an unknown writer and performed in Cape Town by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]] - strangely billed as ''[[Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672"]]'', a tragedy in four acts. Probably adapted by one of the local members. | ||
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| − | 1875 | + | 1875: Performed in the adapted form as ''[[Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672"]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town on 19 August by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]], with ''[[No. 99]]'' (Arnold). |
| − | 1876: Performed in the adapted form in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]], with ''[[Een Huis te Koop]]'' (Duval/Leonard). | + | 1876: Performed again in the adapted form in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 6 April by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]], with ''[[Een Huis te Koop]]'' (Duval/Leonard). |
| + | == Sources == | ||
Facsimile version of the 1805 published text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KXAAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false] | Facsimile version of the 1805 published text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KXAAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false] | ||
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 470-471, | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 470-471, | ||
Latest revision as of 06:20, 6 February 2020
Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland ("Johan de Witt, councilor pensionary of Holland") is a prose work consisting of selection of dramatic scenes, written by A. Loosjes (Adriaan Pietersz Loosjes, 1761-1818)[1]
Contents
The original text
Unconventionally written as a piece of dramatized prose, partly narrative and partly dramatic dialogue, based on selected historical scenes from the life of the liberal and influential Dutch councilor pensionary, Johan de Witt (1625–1672)[2]. The text was published by the author in Haarlem, 1805, in a book consisting of 18 chapters and has 302 pages.
Translations and adaptations
According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p. 471)one of the scenes, based on events in 1672, was adapted by an unknown writer and performed in Cape Town by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II - strangely billed as Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672", a tragedy in four acts. Probably adapted by one of the local members.
Performance history in South Africa
1875: Performed in the adapted form as Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672" in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town on 19 August by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with No. 99 (Arnold).
1876: Performed again in the adapted form in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 6 April by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Een Huis te Koop (Duval/Leonard).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1805 published text, Google E-book[3]
http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10037839_00005.html
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Loosjes_(1761-1818)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 470-471,
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