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''[[Herodes]]'' is a [[Dutch]] historical drama by D.M. Maaldrink ()[].
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''[[Herodes]]'' is a [[Dutch]] historical drama by Daniël Martinus Maaldrink (1851-1891)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qNybkGIRVBcC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=Herodes+door+D.M.+Maaldrink&source=bl&ots=_QiXcF5HwV&sig=ACfU3U07Ou9JIF3Bgeh7j9GYqveEHDs3KQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCl7nsnsvoAhWhDmMBHRljC84Q6AEwAHoECAsQKw#v=onepage&q=Herodes%20door%20D.M.%20Maaldrink&f=false].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
  
A play about the Biblical figure of Herod, described as a "Historisch Drama met een voor- en naspel" ("an historic drama with a prologue and an epilogue")
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A play about the Biblical figure of Herod the Great (Herod I, 73 BC – 4 BC)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Gre] and his wife Mariamne (54BC-29BC)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamne_I],known in Hebrew as מִרְיָם, (Miriam).
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Described as a "Historisch Drama met een voor- en naspel" ("an historic drama with a prologue and an epilogue"), the text was published in 's-Gravenhage by A. Rössing, 1885.Mariamne (54 v.Chr. - 29 v.Chr.) - haar naam wordt ook wel gespeld als Mariamme - was een prinses uit het Joodse koningsgeslacht van de Hasmoneeën en de vrouw van Herodes I.
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Apparently performed in various places in the late 19th century, though some commentators considered it an literary, but unstageable, play.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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P.W. van Wissing and J.A.E. Kuys. 1998. ''Biografisch woordenboek Gelderland: bekende en onbekende mannen en vrouwen uit de Gelderse geschiedenis'', Part 2. pp. 68-9[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qNybkGIRVBcC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=Herodes+door+D.M.+Maaldrink&source=bl&ots=_QiXcF5HwV&sig=ACfU3U07Ou9JIF3Bgeh7j9GYqveEHDs3KQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCl7nsnsvoAhWhDmMBHRljC84Q6AEwAHoECAsQKw#v=onepage&q=Herodes%20door%20D.M.%20Maaldrink&f=false]
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''De Tijdspiegel''. Jaargang 43(1886). pp.192-199, [[DBNL]][https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_tij008188601_01/_tij008188601_01_0049.php]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Gre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamne_I
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.481
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.481

Latest revision as of 05:24, 3 April 2020

Herodes is a Dutch historical drama by Daniël Martinus Maaldrink (1851-1891)[1].

The original text

A play about the Biblical figure of Herod the Great (Herod I, 73 BC – 4 BC)[2] and his wife Mariamne (54BC-29BC)[3],known in Hebrew as מִרְיָם, (Miriam).

Described as a "Historisch Drama met een voor- en naspel" ("an historic drama with a prologue and an epilogue"), the text was published in 's-Gravenhage by A. Rössing, 1885.Mariamne (54 v.Chr. - 29 v.Chr.) - haar naam wordt ook wel gespeld als Mariamme - was een prinses uit het Joodse koningsgeslacht van de Hasmoneeën en de vrouw van Herodes I.

Apparently performed in various places in the late 19th century, though some commentators considered it an literary, but unstageable, play.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1908: Performed by Ons Spreekuur in Stellenbosch, some time in August.

Sources

P.W. van Wissing and J.A.E. Kuys. 1998. Biografisch woordenboek Gelderland: bekende en onbekende mannen en vrouwen uit de Gelderse geschiedenis, Part 2. pp. 68-9[4]

De Tijdspiegel. Jaargang 43(1886). pp.192-199, DBNL[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Gre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamne_I

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.481

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