Der Schiffbruch

Der Schiffbruch ("The shipwreck") is the German title for two plays.

=Der Schiffbruch by Plautus=

Der Schiffbruch is the German translation of the Latin comedy Rudens ("The rope") by Plautus.

Translated into German as Der Schiffbruch ("The Shipwreck") by J. J. C. Donner. Published in Leipzig and Heidelberg by C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, 1864.

Usually translated as The Rope or The Storm in English

See Rudens

=Der Schiffbruch by Brandes=

Der Schiffbruch ("The Shipwreck") is a later, alternative, title given to Miß Fanny, oder Der Schiffbruch ("Miss Fanny or the shipwreck"), a German tragedy in five acts by Johann Christian Brandes (1735-1799)

Originally written and published as in 1766, later versions of the work (e.g. in 1791) appeared as Der Schiffbruch.

In South Africa it also appeared in Dutch translation/adaptation as De Schipbreuk, of De Korsaren op het Eiland Ivica

See Miß Fanny, oder Der Schiffbruch

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