Steven's Minnebrief

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Steven's Minnebrief ("Steven's love letter") is a Dutch chamber piece ("kamerstukje") by an anonymous author.

Also found as De Minnebrief van Steven ("the love letter of/from Steven").

The original text

First performed as Steven's Minnebrief by the Koninklijke Muziek- Zang- en Toneelvereniging "Onder Ons", Hazerswoude, The Netherlands, on 21 April, 1891.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed as De Minnebrief van Steven by the Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the Vaudeville Hall, Cape Town, on 1 October, with De Gravin de Moranges (Delcourt) and a tableau Een Hulde aan Nederlands Koningin ("A tribute to the Queen of the Netherlands").

Sources

https://www.toneelvereniging-onderons.nl/oud/speellijst.htm

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.451

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