Moederliefde en Heldenmoed, of De Gevangenis op het Slot 's Gravensteen te Antwerpen
Moederliefde en Heldenmoed, of De Gevangenis op het Slot 's Gravensteen te Antwerpen ("Motherly love and courage, or the jail on the lock at 's Gravensteen at Antwerp") is a historical tragedy by Arie Ruijsch (1797-1871)[1]
The author's name often found as Arie Ruysch in later publications of the text and in South Africa.
Contents
The original text
Published in Vlissingen by Wedts de Swart, 1837, in aid of a the construction of a statue for Admiral M.C. de Ruiter.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1887: Performed in Dutch as Moederliefde en Heldenmoed, of De Gevangenis op het Slot 's Gravensteen te Antwerpen by Aurora II in the Drill Hall, Cape Town, on 12 July, with De Verstrooiden (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Facsimile version of the first edition of 1837, Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 474.
Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[3]
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