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[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember) | [[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember) | ||
| − | Facsimile version of the [[Dutch]] text, Google E-book] | + | Facsimile version of the 2nd edition of the [[Dutch]] text (1868), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=JvxhAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] |
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 466, 472. | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 466, 472. | ||
Revision as of 05:44, 2 March 2018
De Wees van Brussel ("The orphan of Brussels") is a Dutch drama in four acts with a prologue by Arie Ruysch (1797-1871)[1]
(The author's name also found as Arie Ruijsch in early publications.)
Contents
The original text
Described as "eene episode uit de drie laatste dagen van Alba's schrikbewind in de Nederlanden, (1573)" the play is based on an episode in the last days of the Duke of Alba's reign of terror in the Netherlands, the play was published in aid of the association for unemployed workers in Vlissingen and first performed in the Koninklijken Schouwburg, at Den Haag, in 1848.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1879: Performed by Aurora II in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 3 April, as part of the "Koperen Feest" of Aurora II. (I.e. the "Copper Festival", a celebration the 12.5 years since its founding.)
Sources
Van Ishoven, 1847. De Vlaemsche rederyker: tydschrift ter bevordering van tael-, dicht- en letterkunde, Volume 8, p. 21: Google E-book[2]
Gerd Aage Gillhoff. 2013. The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876. Springer, Google E-book[3]
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bran038biog01_01/bran038biog01_01_3539.php
Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)
Facsimile version of the 2nd edition of the Dutch text (1868), Google E-book[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 466, 472.
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