Netherlands 1979, Joost van den Vondel 300 Jaar, 40 C

Netherlands (Nederland) stamp 1979

Joost van den Vondel 300 Jaar (300 years), 40 C

Schouwburg

De Wereld is een speel toneel

elk speelt zijn rol krijgt zyn deel

translation:

theater

The World is a theater play

each plays its role gets his part

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Joost van den Vondel (Dutch pronunciation: (November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant (1662), on the life of John the Baptist, has been called the greatest Dutch epic.