De Val van den Hertog van Alba
De Val van den Hertog van Alba ("The fall of the Duke of Alba") is a Dutch play in five acts by Jan Schuitemaker (fl 1860s).
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The original text
Written for the Rederijkers, it is described as a historical dramatic sketch...in five parts" ("geschiedkundige dramatische schets ... in vijf afdeelingen") and ascribed to the author of the play Een Geschandvlekte Naam (i.e. J. Schuitemaker). Published in Purmerende by J. Schuitemaker, 1869 (Volume 5 of Bibliotheek voor Rederijkers).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1873: Performed by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 10 June, with De Onaangename Huishoudster (Brink) as an afterpiece.
Sources
Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. Jaargang 1864: p. 123[1]
Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)
Facsimile version of the 1869 Dutch text, Google E-book[2]
"Uitgave van J. Schuitemaker te Purmerende voor Rederijkers!" in Purmerender Courant, 17 September, 1879: p. 3[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 468.
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