Die Schachsmaschine, oder Genie Streiche ueber Genie Streiche

Die Schachmaschine, oder Genie Streiche ueber Genie Streiche

("The Chess machine or One Stroke of Genius after Another"). A play by H.Beck.

The original text
1802: Presented by Hoogduitsch Gezelschap van het Liefhebbery Theater (lit. "High German Company of the Amateur Theatre"]]) at the African Theatre. This was apparently the earliest advertisement for a theatrical presentation available, published in the Kaapsche Courant on 13 February 1802.

Performance history in South Africa
First mentioned 14 June 1715, when Griffin played Sir Arthur Addlepate at the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields.. Apparently Based in part on: May Day by George Chapman. Published as Love in a Sack. As it is now acted at the New-Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields in London by W. Mears, 1715.

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