In den Kerker van Simancas, 1570

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In den Kerker van Simancas, 1570 ("In the prison of Simancas 1870") is a Dutch one-act tragedy by Samuel Johannes Bergh (1814-1868)[1]

The play is also found as In den Kerker van Simancas 1570 and In den Kerker van Simancas.

The original text

Described as a "dramatisch tafereel" ("dramatic tableau") and was first published in 1860 (publisher not mentioned).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1871: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II on 30 March in the Germania Hall, Cape Town, with Een Uurtje op 't Kantoor (Egmond).

1871: Performed in Dutch by Aurora II on 19 October in the Germania Hall, Cape Town, with Een Reis met Hindernissen, of De Speler Bekeerd (Melt J. Brink|Brink).

Sources

Facsimile version of the first edition, Google E-book[2]

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu03_01/molh003nieu03_01_0154.php

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

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