Stille Jan

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Stille Jan ("Silent John") is a play in two acts, with songs, by Arnold (Nicolaas Arnoldus Wijnstok, 1830-1878)[1].

The original text

Written for the Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, in 1857 and published in Amsterdam by G. Theod. Bom, 1873.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1881: Performed in Dutch in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 1 December by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with Twee Oude Gekken in de Klem, of Het Neefje van de Heeren Pompoen (T. van der Stempel).

Sources

https://boekwinkeltjes.nl/b/183516045/Stille-Jan-Oorspronkelijk-tooneelspel-met/

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bran038biog01_01/bran038biog01_01_4539.php

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 459, 473

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

Archieven.nl: Rederijkerskamer "Streven Naar Volmaking" te Kommerzijl, 1857 (c. 1962) [3]

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