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322:(1900), an indictment of the exploitation of sea fishermen in the Netherlands at the turn of the century, became Heijermans' most popular play and spread Heijermans' fame far beyond his homeland to countries all over the world. The continuing popularity of the play turned the attention of the public to conditions in the fishing industry, and a campaign was soon under way for a law requiring strict inspections of unseaworthy vessels. A Dutch merchant shipping act was passed a few years later, the 'Schepenwet' of 1909. 1147: 169: 31: 1166: 273:
During his first years in Amsterdam, Heijermans fell in love with cabaret singer Marie Sophia Peers. She had married an Amsterdam diamond polisher at the age of seventeen, but her husband had left for America, leaving her behind to face poverty with their two small children. Heijermans persuaded her
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premiered on April 25, 1893, at the Groote Schouwburg in Rotterdam, and was met with general disapproval. Eager to avenge the humiliation, Heijermans plotted one of the most daring stratagems in modern Dutch literature. Determined to demonstrate that anyone but a Hollander would receive a warm
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to come and live with him, treating her as his wife and eventually marrying her. Their happiness was, however, marred by narrow-minded neighbours. Heijermans recast the experiences of their early years in the highly autobiographical novel
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Having won a triumphant victory with the name of Ivan Jelakowitch, Heijermans decided to adopt another pseudonym, 'Samuel Falkland Jr.', publishing a series of sketches of life in Amsterdam in
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welcome to the Dutch stage, he seized upon the Russian-sounding pseudonym 'Ivan Jelakowitch' and, keeping his own identity secret, announced his new one-act play
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writer, who is considered to be the greatest Dutch dramatist of the modern era. He is the most notable playwright from the Netherlands since
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In both quality and quantity, 1903 was one of the most productive years in the playwright's career: he wrote four one-act plays,
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daily. These so-called 'Falklandjes' were later collected and published in book form, filling no less than eighteen volumes.
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especially he made another contribution of real significance to the European drama; the play was staged in
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As a good testimony of his continuing vitality, in August of 1916 Heijermans completed two plays:
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family, the fifth of the 11 children of Herman and Matilda (Moses) Spiers. Painter
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During the winter of 1891-92 Heijermans wrote his first play, using the theme of
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to have gained widespread recognition outside his own country.
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of the 1880s. The play was a great success. In an article in
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Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) politicians
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and adding new characters and an authentic Dutch setting.
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Index

Heijermans in 1923
Rotterdam
South Holland
Netherlands
Zandvoort
North Holland
Zorgvlied cemetery
Amsterdam
Dutch
The Good Hope

sketch story
Joost van den Vondel
Rotterdam
Jewish
Marie Heijermans
Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House
pogroms
De Telegraaf
Amsterdam
Algemeen Handelsblad
Wijk aan Zee
Social Democratic Workers' Party
The Good Hope
London
Berlin
Vienna
Stockholm
film adaptation

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