Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
(March 16, 1585 -
August 23, 1618 ) was
a Dutch
poet and playwright in the
period known as the Dutch Golden
Age.
Life
In 1585
Bredero was born in Amsterdam
, 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 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.
At school Bredero learned
French and
possibly also some
English and
Latin.
Later he 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
Ierolimo".
The only public position Bredero achieved was as
vaandrig
or
standard bearer of the
civic guard. In the year 1618, at the age of 33,
Bredero suddenly died, shortly after he had recovered from
pneumonia that he had contracted after falling
through ice. He never married.
Plays
- Rodd'rick ende Alphonsus (first performed in
1611)
- Griane (first performed in 1612)
- Klucht van de Koe
- Klucht van de Molenaer
- Moortje (first performed in 1615)
- Lucelle (first performed circa 1616)
- Spaansen Brabander (Spanish Brabanter; first
performed in 1617)
References
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