Op Hoop van Zegen
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Op Hoop van Zegen is a 1900 Dutch play, taking place in a fishing village, with the conflict between the fishermen
and their employer ending in tragedy
with the unsound boat setting out to sea and sinking with all hands and the owner pocketing the insurance money. It is still staged, and remains the most popular play by Dutch dramatist Herman Heijermans
. The socialist Heijermans is considered to have meant the play as a criticism of the entire capitalist system, though some present-day productions downplay this radical approach.
Herman Heijermans (1864–1924) was the leading Dutch dramatist at the close of the 19th century and a writer of strong realistic and socialistic
tendencies who single-handedly brought Dutch theatre into the modern time.
There are four films based on the play. The most recent was made in 1986, featuring Danny de Munk
as Barend.
Fisherman
A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. The term can also be applied to recreational fishermen and may be used to describe both men...
and their employer ending in tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy is a form of art based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of...
with the unsound boat setting out to sea and sinking with all hands and the owner pocketing the insurance money. It is still staged, and remains the most popular play by Dutch dramatist Herman Heijermans
Herman Heijermans
Herman Heijermans , was a Dutch writer.Heijermans grew up in a liberal Jewish family as the fifth of 11 children of Herman Heijermans Sr. and Matilda Moses Spiers...
. The socialist Heijermans is considered to have meant the play as a criticism of the entire capitalist system, though some present-day productions downplay this radical approach.
Herman Heijermans (1864–1924) was the leading Dutch dramatist at the close of the 19th century and a writer of strong realistic and socialistic
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
tendencies who single-handedly brought Dutch theatre into the modern time.
There are four films based on the play. The most recent was made in 1986, featuring Danny de Munk
Danny de Munk
Dennis de Munk is a Dutch actor, singer, musical actor and former child star.De Munk started acting at the age of 12 as the leading role in the film Ciske de Rat , directed by Guido Pieters, starring Herman van Veen as teacher and Willeke van Ammelrooy as mother...
as Barend.
External links
- "Playwright Heijermans against capitalism" - Review of the play
- http://imdb.com/find?s=all&q=op+hoop+van+zegen
- Text of the play (Dutch)
- http://www.neerlandsfilmdoek.nl/OpHoopVanZegen.htm
- Picture of the play 1954