Stille Jan

Stille Jan ("Silent John") is a play in two acts, with songs, by Arnold (Nicolaas Arnoldus Wijnstok, 1830-1878)[1].

The original text

Written for the Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, in 1857 and published in Amsterdam by G. Theod. Bom, 1873.

Performance history in South Africa

1881: Performed in Dutch in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 1 December by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Twee Oude Gekken in de Klem, of Het Neefje van de Heeren Pompoen (T. van der Stempel).

Sources

https://boekwinkeltjes.nl/b/183516045/Stille-Jan-Oorspronkelijk-tooneelspel-met/

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bran038biog01_01/bran038biog01_01_4539.php

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 459, 473

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[2]

Archieven.nl: Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, 1857 (c. 1962) [3]

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