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''[[Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland]]'' ("Johan de Witt, councilor pensionary of Holland") is a prose work consisting of selection of dramatic scenes, written by A. Loosjes (Adriaan Pietersz Loosjes, 1761-1818)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Loosjes_(1761-1818)]  
 
''[[Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland]]'' ("Johan de Witt, councilor pensionary of Holland") is a prose work consisting of selection of dramatic scenes, written by A. Loosjes (Adriaan Pietersz Loosjes, 1761-1818)[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Loosjes_(1761-1818)]  
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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Unconventionally written as a piece of dramatized prose, partly narrative and partly dramatic dialogue, based on  selected historical scenes from the life of the liberal and influential [[Dutch]] councilor pensionary, Johan de Witt (1625–1672)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt#Grand_Pensionary]. The text was published by the author in Haarlem, 1805, in a book consisting of 18 chapters and has 302 pages.   
 
Unconventionally written as a piece of dramatized prose, partly narrative and partly dramatic dialogue, based on  selected historical scenes from the life of the liberal and influential [[Dutch]] councilor pensionary, Johan de Witt (1625–1672)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt#Grand_Pensionary]. The text was published by the author in Haarlem, 1805, in a book consisting of 18 chapters and has 302 pages.   
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 471)one of the scenes, based on events in 1672, was adapted by an unknown  writer and performed in Cape Town by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]] - strangely billed as ''[[Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672"]]'', a tragedy in four acts. Probably adapted by one of the local members.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1875: Performed in the adapted form in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town on 19 August by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]], with ''[[No. 99]]'' (Arnold).
  
1876: One of the scenes, based on events in 1672, was performed in Cape Town by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]] as ''[[Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672"]]'' and billed as a tragedy in four acts by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 471). Probably adapted by one of the members. Also performed was ''[[Een Huis te Koop]]'' (Duval/Leonard).
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1876: Performed in the adapted form in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town on 6 April by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora II]], with ''[[Een Huis te Koop]]'' (Duval/Leonard).
  
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== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of the 1805 published text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KXAAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the 1805 published text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KXAAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Loosjes%2C%20Adriaan%20Pieterszoon%2C%201761%2D1818
 
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Loosjes%2C%20Adriaan%20Pieterszoon%2C%201761%2D1818
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 470-471,
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Revision as of 04:55, 26 February 2018

Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland ("Johan de Witt, councilor pensionary of Holland") is a prose work consisting of selection of dramatic scenes, written by A. Loosjes (Adriaan Pietersz Loosjes, 1761-1818)[1]

The original text

Unconventionally written as a piece of dramatized prose, partly narrative and partly dramatic dialogue, based on selected historical scenes from the life of the liberal and influential Dutch councilor pensionary, Johan de Witt (1625–1672)[2]. The text was published by the author in Haarlem, 1805, in a book consisting of 18 chapters and has 302 pages.

Translations and adaptations

According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p. 471)one of the scenes, based on events in 1672, was adapted by an unknown writer and performed in Cape Town by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II - strangely billed as Geschiedkundig Dramatisch Episode uit Leven van Johan de Witt, Raadpensionaris van Holland, "1672", a tragedy in four acts. Probably adapted by one of the local members.

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed in the adapted form in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town on 19 August by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with No. 99 (Arnold).

1876: Performed in the adapted form in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 6 April by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Een Huis te Koop (Duval/Leonard).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1805 published text, Google E-book[3]

http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10037839_00005.html

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Loosjes_(1761-1818)

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Loosjes%2C%20Adriaan%20Pieterszoon%2C%201761%2D1818

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 470-471,

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