Dienstpflicht

Dienstpflicht ("Compulsory Service") is a German play in five acts by August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814)

The original text
Published as Dienstpflicht Ein Schauspiel in 5 Aufzugen by Walter de Gruyter, 1800.

Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Dienspligt by Martinus Gerardus Engelman (1722?-1823).

Performance history in South Africa
1818: Produced in Dutch by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 10 October in their own Cape Town theatre, with Het Hoogste Lot (Hagemeister) as afterpiece.

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