Launen und Herzensgüte

Launen und Herzensgüte ("Whims and kindheartedness") is a German comedy in three acts by Christoph Heinrich Bindseil (1767-1799).

The original text
Written in association with Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744-1816), the play was published in Dortmund 1798.

Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Luim en Goedhartigheid ("Whim and kindheartedness") by Matthias Bode and published in Amsterdam by G. Roos, 1801.

Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed in the Dutch translation on 9 July, 1825 by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense, Cape Town, with Het Misverstand, of Elk is Een Dief in Zyne Nering (by "K")

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