Iosephs droef en bly-eind spel, niet min stichtelick als droef en vermaeckelick om te lesen - Theunisz, Jan 1569-1635/40; Crous, Albert Eddo (Groningen Bandsma, 1721)
Jan Tonnis or Theunisz (approximately 1569-1640) was a versatile figure. He was a yarn twister, book printer, bookseller, distiller, innkeeper, Arabic lecturer in Leiden and professor of Hebrew at the first 'Nederduytsche Academie' in Amsterdam. In 1639 he published 'Joseph's Droef en Bly-eynd' spel', in 3 parts; tragicomedies with allegorical characters, and with many stage performances.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Play (theater); Comedy; Transposition; Netherlands; Amsterdam (Netherlands); op de wijze van; trompet; invloed_Duitsland in Nederland; mise-en-scène_namen van de personagiën; Hemsterhuis, M