Een Bloedgetuie
Een Bloedgetuie (" a blood witness") is a Dutch play in four acts by "N.N." (the pseudonym of Jan Schuitemaker, fl 1860s).
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The original text
Written specifically for the Rederijkers, the text was first published in Volume 6 of the Bibliotheek voor rederijkers by J. Schuitemaker, Purmerende, 1869. In that edition the play is described as an "historical dramatic sketch" ("historisch dramatische schets") by "the author of Een Geschandvlekte Naam, etc".
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1872: First performed as Een Bloedgetuie in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, by Aurora II on 5 November, with De Kater, of De Verdronken Man (L. van Hogezand).
Sources
Facsimile version of the original 1869 Dutch text, Google E-book[1]
Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. Jaargang 1864: p. 123[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 468
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