A Touch of the Dutch
Plays by Dutch Women Writers
Published on 20. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-0-9515877-7-5 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring five plays by Dutch women writers (Hella Haasse, Matin Van Veldhuizenm, Suzanne Van Lohuizen, Inez Van Dullemen and Judith Herzberg) this play collection showcases the best plays by women writing in the Netherlands at the time of publication.
The Plays
A Thread in the Dark by Hella Haasse: This is a profound retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, from the viewpoint of Ariadne. Winner of the Visser Neerlandia prize. "[W]e cannot rephrase it for you. If we Could, why would we trouble to show you the myth?"
Eat by Matin Van Veldhuizen: A darkly comic exploration of the lives of three sisters who come together to eat, drink and celebrate the anniversary of their mother's death.
Dossier: Ronald Akkerman by Suzanne Van Lohuizen: A two-hander, detailing moments between a patient suffering from AIDS and his nurse.
"...the moving story of a relationship between a young man in the final stages of AIDS and his nurse, Dossier: Ronald Akkerman ... tackles the epidemic full-on." Gay Times
Write Me in the Sand by Inez Van Dullemen: A poetic portrayal of a family where layer upon layer is removed to reveal the painful secrets within.
The Caracal by Judith Herzberg: A comic one-woman show about a teacher whose complicated love life is revealed through fragmentary telephone conversations.
The Plays
A Thread in the Dark by Hella Haasse: This is a profound retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, from the viewpoint of Ariadne. Winner of the Visser Neerlandia prize. "[W]e cannot rephrase it for you. If we Could, why would we trouble to show you the myth?"
Eat by Matin Van Veldhuizen: A darkly comic exploration of the lives of three sisters who come together to eat, drink and celebrate the anniversary of their mother's death.
Dossier: Ronald Akkerman by Suzanne Van Lohuizen: A two-hander, detailing moments between a patient suffering from AIDS and his nurse.
"...the moving story of a relationship between a young man in the final stages of AIDS and his nurse, Dossier: Ronald Akkerman ... tackles the epidemic full-on." Gay Times
Write Me in the Sand by Inez Van Dullemen: A poetic portrayal of a family where layer upon layer is removed to reveal the painful secrets within.
The Caracal by Judith Herzberg: A comic one-woman show about a teacher whose complicated love life is revealed through fragmentary telephone conversations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Twickenham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Aurora Metro Publications
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9515877-7-5 (9780951587775)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Suzanne van Lohuizen studied at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Arnhem. In 1977 she completed her training as a teacher of Dutch and shortly afterwards began a career as an actress with a political theatre group called Proloog. She also began writing and directing plays for adults and children. In 1992 she was awarded the Dutch/Flemish Dramatic prize for 2 children's plays: Have you seen my little boy? and The house of my life.
She says of her work:
'The struggle which sets the child against the world which surrounds him, is a hard one. I don't write for children from a sense of mission, but because I still feel very close to them emotionally.'
Content
Foreword by Cheryl Robson iv
Introduction by Mieke Kolk
translated by Purni Morell
Write me in the Sand by Inez van Dullemen
translated by Anthony Akerman
The Caracal by Judith Herzberg
translated by Rina Vergano
A Thread in the Dark by Hella Haasse translated by Della Couling
Eat by Matin van Veldhuizen
translated by Rina Vergano
Dossier: Ronald Akkerman by Suzanne van Lohuizen
translated by Saskia A. Bosch
Introduction by Mieke Kolk
translated by Purni Morell
Write me in the Sand by Inez van Dullemen
translated by Anthony Akerman
The Caracal by Judith Herzberg
translated by Rina Vergano
A Thread in the Dark by Hella Haasse translated by Della Couling
Eat by Matin van Veldhuizen
translated by Rina Vergano
Dossier: Ronald Akkerman by Suzanne van Lohuizen
translated by Saskia A. Bosch