Een Bloedgetuige
Een Bloedgetuige ("the blood witness") is a Dutch play in four acts by Jan Schuitemaker (fl 1860s).
Also found as De Bloedgetuigen.
Contents
The original text
Written for the Rederijkers, it is described as a dramatised historical sketch ("historisch-dramatische schets") for 10 performers and was published in Volume 4 of Poëzij voor Rederijkers by P.M. van de Made, Amsterdam, in 1858, later also published in Volume 6 of the Bibliotheek voor Rederijkers by J. Schuitemaker, Purmerende, 1869 (ascribed to "the author of Een Geschandvlekte Naam, etc").
It is ascribed to "N.N." (pseudonym of J. Schuitemaker, the publisher) by F.C.L. Bosman, 1980.
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 Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 5 November, with De Kater, of De Verdronken Minnaar (Van Hogezand) as an afterpiece.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original 1869 Dutch text, Google E-book[1]
Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. Jaargang 1864: p. 123[2]
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[3]
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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