De Kruisvaarders
Die Kreuzfahrer ("The crusaders") is a German play by five acts
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Kruisvaarders ("The crusaders") by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop and and published by W. Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1803. Performed in the Koninklijke Nederduitsche Schouwburg (Royal Dutch Theatre) at the Hague in 1804.
Performance history in South Africa
1872: Produced in Dutch by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst as De Kruisvaarders in the Odd Fellows Hall, Cape Town, on 29 October, rounded off with a ballet performance.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1803 edition of De Kruisvaarders, Google E-book [1]
Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 2013. The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876. Springer:p, 191, Google E-book [2] B
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.448
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