Getrouwheid, of De St. Bartholemeusnacht van het Jaar 1572

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Getrouwheid, of De St. Bartholemeusnacht van het Jaar 1572 ("loyalty, or the night of St., Bartholomew in the year 1572") is a Dutch drama in 5 acts by Jan de Jager ()[].

Also found simply as Getrouwheid

The original text

Written in Zaandijk in the second half of the 19th century for use by amateurs, it is also referred to as a dramatic tableau ("dramatisch tafereel").

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1872: Performed in Dutch as Getrouwheid by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 2 July, with Schout Papegaai (Anon.).


1881: Performed in Dutch as Getrouwheid by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 6 July, with Schout Papegaai (Anon.).

Sources

The entry on "Toneel" in the Zaan Wiki[1]

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember) [2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 467

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