Joan Woutersz

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Joan Woutersz is a Dutch drama in five acts by H.J. Schimmel ()[].

The original text

A patriotic play about Willem van Oranje (known in English as "William of Orange" or "William III of England")[1] of the Netherlands, 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 edition, DBNL, [2]

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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