Falsche Scham

Falsche Scham ("False shame or modesty") is a German comedy in four acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819).

The original text
First published in Leipzig, 1798

Dutch
Translated into Dutch as De Verkeerde Schaamte (Lit. "The wrong shame") by J. S. van Esveldt-Holtrop and published in Amsterdam by Gartman, Vermandel en Smit in 1798

English
There are a number of English translations under varying titles:

False shame: a comedy, in four acts, translated from the German of Kotzebue. Printed for Vernor and Hood, 31 Poultry, London in 1799.

False shame, or also False shame: or The American orphan in Germany: a comedy, in four acts, Printed in Charleston [S.C.] by W.P. Young, no 43, Broad-Street, 1800. The translation attributed to William Dunlap (1766-1839).

False delicacy: A drama in five acts. Translated from the German of Augustus Von Kotzebue, by Benjamin Thompson, Esq. Printed by Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Vernor and Hood, No. 31, Poultry, 1800

Performance history in South Africa
1824: Performed in Dutch as De Verkeerde Schaamte by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 28 August in the African Theatre, with De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.

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