Warenar

Warenar

Warenar is a Dutch play written by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft in 1617, based on the play Aulularia by Plautus.

Plot

The story's protagonist, Warnar ('Ware Nar, or 'True Fool'), has inherited a pot of gold from his father, who inherited it from his father (Warnar's grandfather). Warnar is stingy with the inherited fortune, and keeps changing it's hiding place, without spending any of the gold. Warnar's daughter, Claertje, is about to marry Warnar's neighbour, Rijckert. However, Claertje is pregnant from Rijckerts nephew, Ritsaert. Ritsaert offers to marry Claertje, instead of having Rijckert marry her. Both Rijckert and Warnar agree. In the meantime though, Lecker, one of Rijckert's servants who helped to prepare a meeting for marriage agreements, has stolen the pot of gold. Ritsaert finds out, and tells Warnar, though. In a sudden plot twist (the last part of the original story by Plautus was lost), Warnar betters his life and gives the money to Claertje and Ritsaert as a wedding gift.


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