Vergeltung

Vergeltung ("Retribution") is a German tragedy in five acts by Johann Friedrich Kind (1768-1843).

The original text
Published in Volume 3 of Neueste deutsche Schaubühne, 1806

Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Regtvaardige Vergelding ("The just retribution") and styled "een tafereel naar het leven", the Dutch text was published in the collection Gezellig Onderhoud voor den Beschaafden Stand by A. Klootz, Gravenhage, 1833.

Performance history in South Africa
1875: Performed as De Regtvaardige Vergelding in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town on 22 October by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II, with De Hoogste Wensch (De Regt).

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