Abraham Alewijn
Abraham Alewijn (16 October 1664, Amsterdam – 4 October 1721, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a jurist and in his time a well-respected poet, who distinguished himself above his contemporary poets, as evidenced from his Zede- en Harpzangen, which had its third printing in quarto in 1713. But he made himself especially valuable as a writer of comedies. His play poetry exists of: Amarillis, play with a happy ending, Amsterdam, 1693. Hardersspel. Amsterdam, 1699. Hardersspel honouring Corn. Pruimer. Amsterdam, 1702. , comedy. Amsterdam, 1702. . Amsterdam, 1703, illustrated. , comedy. Amsterdam, 1707. , comedy. Amsterdam, 1715. , comedy. Amsterdam, 1720. , comedy. Amsterdam, 1721. , musical play. Amsterdam. illustrated. The style in all these plays is natural, loose and flowing, but some of the expressions are a bit rude, which caused them to no longer being played. He also knew, when needed by the subject, to express himself forcefully. Furthermore, he has left us a work in manuscript form which was, together with the drawings for the illustrations, completely ready for publishing; it was found in the rich collection of books by Lower Dutch poets owned by C.P.E. Robidé van der Aa, and is titled: A. Alewyns Simmebeelden, bestaande in