Programma voor de opvoering van de Gijsbrecht van Aemstel in de Amsterdamse Schouwburg op 2 januari 1850 1850

This program from 1850 details the cast and plot of a performance of Joost van den Vondel’s *Gysbrecht van Aemstel*, a play set in Amsterdam in the 16th century. It also lists the actors for the follow-up piece, *De Bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje*. The small program, measuring 195mm in height and 103mm in width, reveals the popularity of historical Dutch dramas in 19th-century Amsterdam. It is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.