Misdaad en Wroeging
Misdaad en Wroeging ("crime and anguish") is a dramatic sketch in two acts by P.C.J. Meys (1830-1915)[1]
Not to be confused with De Vadervloek, of Misdaad en Wroeging by Theodoor van der Stempel (1871).
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The original text
Based on the story "De Eed van Kapitein Stauncey" from Het Stuiversmagazijn of October 1862. The play was written for the Rederijkers and published in 1863.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II on 4 May in the Germania Hall, Cape Town, with De Weddenschap (Brink).
Sources
Henk Nijkeuter. 2003. Geschiedenis van de Drentse literatuur, 1816-1956. Uitgeverij Van Gorcum: p. 205.[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 466
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