Die Val van die Hertog van Alba
Die Val van die Hertog van Alba ("The fall of the count of Alba") is a Dutch play in five acts by Jan Schuitemaker (fl 1860s).
Also found as De Bloedgetuigen.
Contents
The original text
Written for the Rederijkers,
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1873: Performed as Een Bloedgetuige by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 10 June, with De Onaangename Huishoudster ([[Melt J. Brink|Brink) as an afterpiece.
Sources
Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. Jaargang 1864: p. 123[1]
Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)
"Uitgave van J. Schuitemaker te Purmerende voor Rederijkers!" in Purmerender Courant, 17 September, 1879: p. 3[2]
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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