'A Survey of Dutch Drama before the Renaissance'

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A survey of Dutch drama before the Renaissance

by HANS VAN DIJK, WIM HUMMELEN, WIM HÜLSKEN, and ELSA STRIETMAN

For the greater part Dutch dramatic texts written before the Renaissance have been described in W.M.H. Hummelen's Repertorium van het rederijkersdrama, 1500-ca.1620 (Assen 1968). The first paragraph of this article consists of Hummelen's introduction to his book at the colloquium The Medieval Drama of the Low Countries (Cambridge, 4-6 September 1983); the second one is W.N.M. Hülsken's concerning the newly discovered plays since 1968. In the third section H. van Dijk and E. Strietman are setting out descriptions of the Dutch dramatic texts before 1500 (heading 0), followed by Hummelen's en Hülsken's of the newly found matter (headings 2,4, and 6). Both are in the in the manner of the Repertorium, and, together with it, they form a complete and up to date survey of the Dutch drama before the Renaissance.