Op Hoop van Zegen
Op Hoop van Zegen (Dutch for "Trusting Our Fate in the Hands of God") [1], is a 1900 play in four acts by the Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans (1864–1924) [2].
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Subject
The action takes place in a Dutch fishing village in 1900, with the conflict between the fishermen and their employer ending in tragedy with the unsound boat setting out to sea and sinking with all hands and the owner pocketing the insurance money. (Wikipedia)
Translations and adaptations
See Op Hoop van Seën, the translation into Afrikaans by Karel Schoeman.
Performance history in South Africa
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