Joan Woutersz
Joan Woutersz is a Dutch drama in five acts by H.J. Schimmel ()[].
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The original text
A patriotic play about Willem van Oranje (1533–1584)[1] of the Netherlands, also known as "Willem de Zwijger" (i.e. "William the Silent" or "William the Taciturn"), who the was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs, an act that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and ultimately led to the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1581.
The text was first published in Amsterdam by W.C. Ippel in 1847.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1906: Performed as Joan Woutersz by Ons Spreekuur in Stellenbosch.
1933: Two performances of the play were produced in the Grand Theatre, Bloemfontein, by Willem Frederik Mondriaan, with C. de Wet Marais (1903-1972) and Anna Christina Snoek (1903-1941) in the leading roles. The production was the Orange Free State's contribution to the 400th anniversary celebrations of the birth of William of Orange.
Sources
Facsimile version of the first Dutch edition, DBNL, [2]
Facsimile version of the first Dutch edition, Google E-book[3]
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: pp.203-205
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