Der Nachtwächter

Der Nachtwächter ("The Night Watchman") is a German comedy in one act play by Carl Theodor Körner (1791 – 1813).

The original text
First produced in the Vienna Burgtheater in 1812, also published that year.

Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Nachtwacht ("The Night Watchman") by a number of authors, including (possibly) by Joseph Suasso de Lima (1825, unpublished); by Salomon Deventer (published in 1844) and by G. de Vos (published in 1852).

Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed in Dutch as De Nachtwacht (and billed a two-act comedy) in Cape Town by the children's company Tot Oefening en Smaakon 10 September, probably translated/adapted from the German and directed by Joseph Suasso de Lima. With Het Dal van Almeria (Von Kotzebue) and De Verjaring (Anon.).

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