Clavigo
Clavigo is a tragedy in five acts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[1] (1749-1832)
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The original text
Written over 8 days in May 1774, published by July 1774 and first performed by the Ackermannschen Gesellschaft in Hamburg on 23 August 1774.
Translations and adaptations
During Goethe's lifetime, despite the poor reception of the play, it was translated into many languages, including French, Russian, Dutch (in 1781), Danish, Swedish and Czech.
First mentioned English translation by Benjamin Thompson 1798.
Translated into Dutch as Clavigo by **
Performance history in South Africa
1833: Performed in Dutch as Clavigo by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the African Theatre, as an afterpiece to De Verwisseling (Von Guttenberg).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavigo_(play)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3713112?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gul001192401_01/_gul001192401_01_0072.php#091
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 321
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