The Good Hope / (In "The Drama: A Quarterly Review of Dramatic Literature")

Chapter 4: PERSONS.

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A social-realist drama set in a coastal community traces the economic and moral consequences when the proprietors of a small fishing vessel prioritize profit over safety. Tensions among the crew, their families, and the owner escalate as financial hardship, superstition, and communal loyalties collide; a sea voyage ordered despite warnings leads to catastrophe, prompting public outrage and a search for accountability while examining exploitation, solidarity, and working-class endurance.

THE GOOD HOPE.

A Drama of the Sea in Four Acts.

By Herman Heijermans, Jr.

Translated by Harriet Gampert Higgins.

PERSONS.
Kneirtje, a fisherman’s widow.
Geert her sons.

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Jo, her niece.
Cobus, her brother.
Daantje, from the Old Men’s Home.
Clemens Bos, a ship owner.
Clementine, his daughter.
Mathilde, his wife.
Simon, a ship carpenter’s assistant.
Marietje, his daughter.
Mees, Marietje’s betrothed.
Kaps, a bookkeeper.
Saart, a fisherman’s widow.
Truus, a fisherman’s wife.
Jelle, a beggar.
First Policeman.
Second Policeman.

The Drama is laid in a North Sea fishing village.

Geert		her sons.
Barend