Bergen en Dalen
Bergen en Dalen ("mountains and dales") is a Dutch version of an unnamed German play in two acts by Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873)[1]
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The original text
The Dutch translation was done by Jan Schuitemaker (fl. 1865). Published for the Rederijkers in Purmerende by Schuitemaker, 1868.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Liedertafel in Cape Town on 4 June, with Ferdinand de Speler (Nieuwmeyer).
1873: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 8 May, with De Diamanten der Kroon (Scribe, et al.).
1879: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 28 August, with De Gebochelde (Regland).
Sources
Library Catalogue, University of Leiden[2]
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderich_Benedix
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.463, 468, 472
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