Dood en Niet Dood

Dood en Niet Dood ("dead and alive", lit "dead and not dead") is Dutch comedy in two acts by Jeroom Noterdaeme (1862-1933)[1].

Erroniously listed by Bosman (or his source) as "Dood of Niet Dood" (i.e. "dead or not dead") and described as a tragedy in three acts.

The original text

Published in St Michiels bij Brugge by Noterdaeme, 1928

Performance history in South Africa

1872: Performed in Dutch as Dood of Niet Dood by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 4 June, with De Drie Verliefde Schoolmeesters (Brink).

Sources

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroom_Noterdaeme

https://www.worldcat.org/title/dood-en-niet-dood-blijspel-in-twee-bedrijven/oclc/901436888

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 467

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