Der Indienfahrer

Der Indienfahrer is a German play in four acts by Christlieb Georg Heinrich Arresto (pseudonym: Christlieb Georg Heinrich Burchardi: 1768-1817)

The original text
Published in Hamburg by Campe in 1803.

Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Oost-Indien-vaarer by Jan Willem Jacobus Steenbergen van Goor and published by H. Moolenijzer, Amsterdam in 1804.

Also found as  De Oost-Indien Varer (Bosman, 1928: p 280)

Performance history in South Africa
1824: Performed in Dutch as  De Oost-Indien Varer by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 18 September June, with De Verstrooiden (Von Kotzebue).

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