De Wees van Brussel

De Wees van Brussel ("The orphan of Brussels") is a Dutch drama in four acts by Arie Ruysch (1797-1871)[1]

The original text

First performed in the Koninklijken Schouwburg, at Den Haag, published in Amsterdam by J.C. van Kesteren, 1837

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

Facsimile version of the 1837 Dutch text (2nd improved edition), Google E-book[2]

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 1869 Dutch text, Google E-book[3]

"Uitgave van J. Schuitemaker te Purmerende voor Rederijkers!" in Purmerender Courant, 17 September, 1879: p. 3[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 466, 468.

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