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14-606: The first 'rederijkers' (Dutch orators) appeared at the end of the 15th century in Amsterdam. In the 16th century, these so-called precursors of modern theatre organized themselves into 'rederijkerskamers', which can be compared to theater companies. At that time, there were no permanent theater buildings in Amsterdam, and the shipping company cherries performed on temporary stages, from carts (during processions) or in public spaces. Rederijkerskamers that performed in Amsterdam were: "In Liefde Bloeyende" and "'t Wit Lavendel". The latter

28-472: A successful real estate agent . Bredero was born in the Nes , nowadays number 41, and in 1602 he and his family moved to a house on Oudezijds Voorburgwal , now number 244, which his father had bought. Bredero lived in this house for the rest of his life. Both houses are now restaurants in Amsterdam's famous red light district. At school Bredero learned French and possibly also some English and Latin . Later he

42-614: A wooden building. The coat-of-arms of the academy consisted of a beehive under an eglantine with the word "IJver" ("zeal") as a motto. Calvinistic preachers of that time put pressure on the new institution to close. The theatre did not give in, particularly since its first two professors were Mennonites ( Sibrant Hanses Cardinael in Arithmetic and Jan Thonis in Hebrew). In 1631, Vondel wrote his " Vraghe van d'Amsterdamsche Academi aan alle poëten en dichters " (Questions of

56-516: The Amsterdam Academics to all poets), provoking further vehement Calvinist reactions. Finally the 'Oeffenschool', that was meant to go with the academy, was founded. The Athenaeum Illustre was later set up in the city, but here no teaching was presented in the native language. The main figures of the academy wrote comedy and farce: Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (16 March 1585 – 23 August 1618)

70-431: The interior. This building was regularly extended and adapted but on 7 May 1772, the building caught fire during a performance, after a theatre servant gone had carelessly gone round the building with a naked candle from the stage lighting. The fire quickly burnt itself out, yet killed 18 people, destroyed 22 houses in the surroundings, and was so large that he it could be seen all the way from The Hague , Utrecht and on

84-511: The island of Texel . The rubble became valuable due to the gold and the jewels in it, and the site was sold by its owners after the fire. The city theatre moved to the Leidseplein and opened on 13 September 1789 with the première of Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken 's tragedy Jacob Simonszoon de Ryk . The building had a wooden structure behind a stone facade. It burnt down in 1890. The present theatre replaced its burned-down predecessor. It

98-419: The time. This new theater was twice as large as the old, and opened on 26 May 1665. Its first stone had been laid by the youngest daughter of the playwright Jan Vos . The Amsterdam story writer Jan Wagenaar gives an ample description of this building, mentioning in particular the theatre machinery, through which men could fall through the air or disappear below the stage. Gerard de Lairesse helped decorate

112-600: Was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age . Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was born on 16 March 1585 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic , where he lived his whole life. He called himself "G.A. Bredero, Amstelredammer" , and sometimes he is called Breero or Brederode . He was the third child of Marry Gerbrants and Adriaen Cornelisz Bredero, who was a shoemaker and

126-543: Was also known as the "Brabantsche Kamer", since its members mainly hailed from Brabant and the Flemish areas. In 1617, the dramatists Samuel Coster and Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero - along with their Rederijkerskamer "In Liefde Bloeyende" - founded the Duytsche Academy . This institution was formed after the example of Italian academies, to popularize science through lectures in the national language. The Academy

140-548: Was an institution set up by Samuel Coster (with the important support of Bredero and Hooft ) in Amsterdam. The institution was set up to offer better theatre than the old rederijkerskamers could then manage. Another (perhaps more important) aim was to offer higher education to common people. The academy was inaugurated on 23 September 1617 with ' Apollo ' by Suffridus Sixtinus, and the tragedy " Vande moordt begaen aen Wilhelm van Orangien " (the murder of William of Orange ) by Gijsbert van Hoghendorp . This all occurred in

154-670: Was based in the Stadsschouwburg. Whenever AFC Ajax has a major win, they often go to the steps of the cities theater to be publicly applauded. The normal programme of events encompasses all sorts of theatrical forms, mostly by Dutch writers. The Boekenbal ( book ball ) is traditionally held in the Stadsschouwburg and it marks the beginning of the annual Boekenweek ( book week ). 52°21′50″N 4°52′55″E  /  52.36389°N 4.88194°E  / 52.36389; 4.88194 Duytsche Academy The First Dutch Academy ( Dutch : Eerste Nederduytsche Academie )

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168-527: Was built between 1892 and 1894 to a design of Jan L. Springer (1850–1915), with the cooperation of his father J. B. Springer and Adolf Leonard van Gendt . The rebuilding was supported closely by prominent banker, philanthropist and senator A.C. Wertheim . In 1982 it became a Rijksmonument . From the end Second World War , until the opening of the Stopera in 1986, the Dutch National Opera

182-510: Was educated as an artist by the Antwerp painter Francesco Badens , but none of his paintings have survived. In 1611 he became a member of the rederijkerskamer d'Eglantier , where he was an active member and became friends with Roemer Visscher and P.C.Hooft . Together with Hooft he joined Costers Nederduytsche Academie . Around this time he wrote the play "De Spaanschen Brabander Jerolimo" . The only public position Bredero achieved

196-438: Was established in a wooden building at Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, on the site of the modern hotel Blakes. The Schouwburg of Van Campen was a theatre located at Keizersgracht 384 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam's first city theatre. The site is now occupied by a hotel. In 1664 it was decided that the small theater of Van Campen had to be replaced by a larger theater building more in tune with the customs and Baroque architecture of

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