HERMANN

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• HERMANN HEIJERMANS (1864- )

HEIJERMANS (1864- )  , Dutch writer, of Jewish origin, was born on the 3rd of December 1864 at Rotterdam . In the Amsterdam Handelsblad he published a series of sketches of Jewish family life under the pseudonym of " Samuel Falkland," which were collected in volume form . His novels and tales include Trinette (1892), Fles (1893), Kamertjeszonde (2 vols., 1896), Interieurs (1897), Diamantstadt (2 vols., 1903) . He created great interest by his play Op Hoop van Zegen (290o), represented at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, and in English by the Stage Society as The Good Hope . His other plays are: Dora Kremer (1893), Ghetto (1898), Het zevende Gebot (1899), Het Pantser (1901), Ora et labora (1901), and numerous one-act pieces . A Case of Arson, an English version of the one-act play Brand in de Jonge Jan, was notable for the impersonation (1904 and 1905) by Henri de Vries of all the seven witnesses who appear as characters .