{"id":97455,"date":"2025-06-04T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/?p=97455"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:31:19","slug":"ons-recente-theaterverleden-moeten-we-niet-vergeten-noodzakelijke-boeken-over-hollandia-en-zid-die-elke-liefhebber-zou-moeten-lezen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/ons-recente-theaterverleden-moeten-we-niet-vergeten-noodzakelijke-boeken-over-hollandia-en-zid-die-elke-liefhebber-zou-moeten-lezen\/","title":{"rendered":"Our recent theatre past should not be forgotten - necessary books on Hollandia and ZID that every fan should read.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cubes of young mature cheese, butcher's liver sausage, original bitterballen and beer. On Saturday 31 May, it was as if time had stood still for about 40 years at the Zaanse Filmfabriek. That had everything to do with the occasion. On that spot, once a rusty frayed edge, now in the middle of the Zaanse city centre converted into a tourist attraction of Efteling allure, Hollandia was born. Hollandia... <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read what I wrote about Hollandia in my journalistic career for various newspapers and magazines: About Hollandia<\/a>. <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hollandia was a phenomenon from the very beginning. Maybe not for everyone in the Netherlands, but those who followed things a bit soon saw that something special had been created in gardeners' greenhouses, a junkyard, an old school. Everyone wanted to belong: a theatre group around two completely different men who wanted to make theatre for farmers and workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author Paul Slangen has now - finally - written a book about it. A hefty book, nicely bound and with lots of pictures, plus qr codes that link to an entire soundcloud full of unique recordings. I devoured the book, which is quite unique for a book on a niche subject like the history of a North Holland theatre group that disbanded years ago. That it may be of interest to more people is due to the effort the author and his co-writers put into making it a real read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the presentation of the book, entitled 'You have no chance, but take it', Slangen said he had a lot of help from fellow reader Abdelkader Benali. He especially demanded a lot of anecdotes, because anecdotes drive your story forward, just like images, another co-reader's tip. So these fellow readers ensured that the book, which is after all largely devoted to the factual history of a legendary theatre group, also has a high Nescio content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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