Een Bloedgetuige
Een Bloedgetuige ("the blood witness") is a Dutch play in 4 acts, described as a dramatised historical sketch ("historisch-dramatische schets") for 10 performers and attributed to "N.N." (pseudonym of J. Schuitemaker, the publisher) by F.C.L. Bosman, 1980.
Also found as De Bloedgetuigen.
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The original text
Written for the Rederijkers, it was published in Volume 4 of Poëzij voor Rederijkers by P.M. van de Made, Amsterdam, in 1858.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed as De Bloedgetuigen by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 6 July, with De Twee Huisknechts (Arnold) as an afterpiece.
1872: Performed as Een Bloedgetuige by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 5 November, with De Kater, of De Verdronken Minnaar (Van Hogezand) as an afterpiece.
Sources
"Uitgave van J. Schuitemaker te Purmerende voor Rederijkers!" in Purmerender Courant, 17 September, 1879: p. 3[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 466, 468.
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