De Helleveeg

A comedy in two acts by A. Loosjes, written , performed and published in 1790.

Performance history in South Africa

1833: Performed on 10 August Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the African Theatre , with De Jeugd van Hendrik den Vyfde (Duval).

1836: Performed on 29 October 1836 by the Stellenbosch amateur company Door Yver Vruchtbaar in the local amateur theatre, with De Graaf van Waltron, of De Subordinatie (Möller).

1855: Performed on Tuesday 12 June by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the African Theatre , with Het Geheim (Vulpius? De Bruine?) and Het Groot Ballet. The performance was in the Garrison Theatre and in support of the "Patriotic Fund" for the Crimean War. The production was possibly repeated on 28 June.

Sources

Europeana database[1]

http://www.earlydutchbooksonline.nl/en/view/image/formtype/advanced/author/%22Loosjes,+A.+(Pz)%22/searchaction/list/id/dpo%3A1698%3Ampeg21

Bosman, 1928: pp. 255, 320-321. .

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