De Familie Lehmann

De Familie Lehmann is a Dutch version of a German play in four acts by Hermann Reichenbach (1869-??)

The original text
Described as a Jewish Family drama, though neither a title or information can be found for the German original.

Translations and adaptations
Best known in its Dutch version, De Familie Lehmann. Louis de Vries made his name playing "Abraham Sender", doing it more than 1200 times, also touring the colonies.

The title Ketenen ("Chains") is also found with reference to a Dutch production in 1913.

Performance history in South Africa
1916: A production featuring Louis de Vries toured to the Dutch Indies in 1916 and was also performed to acclaim in the Theatre Royal, Durban and in Cape Town during stops on their way  back to the Netherlands. (they had been re-routed via the Cape because of the closure of the Suez Canal during the war.)

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