Montigny

Montigny is a tragedy by H.H. Klijn (1773-1856)[1].

The original text

A five act tragedy about the French nobleman, Floris van Montmorency, Baron of Montigny. Published in Amsterdam in 1821.

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Acts one and five acted by members of the new rederijkerskamer named Aurora II in Cape Town on 15 November, as part of their very first public performances.

Sources

http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=klij002

http://www.dutchrevolt.leiden.edu/dutch/personen/M/Pages/montigny.aspx

Louis B. Petit. 1887. Catalogus Der Bibliotheek Van de Maatschappij Der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Te Leiden. (Part 2). Brill Archive[2]

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.10, 12

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 457-460.

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