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| − | ("Conscience") | + | ''[[Das Gewissen]]'' ("Conscience") is a German tragedy in five acts by August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilhelm_Iffland]. |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geweten]]'' by Jan Willem Jacobus Steenbergen van Goor, published in Amsterdam by Wed. J. Doll, 1802. | + | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geweten]]'' by Jan Willem Jacobus Steenbergen van Goor, published in Amsterdam by Wed. J. Doll, 1802. (The title also occurs as ''[[Het Geweeten]]'' in an early South African production.) |
| + | Translated into English as ''[[Conscience]]'' by Benjamin Thompson (1776?-1816). Published in the series German theatre (Vol. 4), printed by J. Cundee, for Vernor and Hood, in 1800. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1818: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geweeten]]'' by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] in their own Cape Town theatre on 5 May, 1818. | ||
| + | 1823: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geweten]]'' by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town theatre on 20 March, with ''[[De Keukenhelden]]'' (Jacquelin/Van Foreest). | ||
| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | http://www.bookdepository.com/Das-Gewissen-August-Wilhelm-Iffland/9783111124056 | ||
| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilhelm_Iffland | ||
| − | == | + | Published text of ''[[Das Gewissen]]'' in ''W. Iffland's dramatische Werke'' Volume 7, 1799, [[Google Books]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=AcJCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA107&lpg=RA1-PA107&dq=Das+Gewissen+Iffland&source=bl&ots=3K5Fwq7Gg-&sig=YCrfEoFmCkFbMCjJohhna3OG_NE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VTiJVMLgOuvD7gb3kICAAQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Das%20Gewissen%20Iffland&f=false] |
| − | + | Published text of ''[[Het Geweten]]'', [[Google Books]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Gm9RAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Het+Geweten+++Jan+Willem+Jacobus+Steenbergen+van+Goor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tjqJVK2qG-OY7ga4u4CgDg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Het%20Geweten%20%20%20Jan%20Willem%20Jacobus%20Steenbergen%20van%20Goor&f=false] | |
| − | + | Published text of | |
| + | ''[[Conscience]]'', [[Google Books]][http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Conscience.html?id=hfz-QAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y] | ||
| − | + | https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/321269 | |
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 132, 276 |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:40, 12 June 2023
Das Gewissen ("Conscience") is a German tragedy in five acts by August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814)[1].
Contents
The original text
Published as Das Gewissen: Ein Burgerliches Trauerspiel in Funf Aufzugen by Walter de Gruyter, 1799 and in W. Iffland's dramatische Werke by G. J. Göschen, 1799.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Het Geweten by Jan Willem Jacobus Steenbergen van Goor, published in Amsterdam by Wed. J. Doll, 1802. (The title also occurs as Het Geweeten in an early South African production.)
Translated into English as Conscience by Benjamin Thompson (1776?-1816). Published in the series German theatre (Vol. 4), printed by J. Cundee, for Vernor and Hood, in 1800.
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Performed in Dutch as Het Geweeten by Tot Nut en Vermaak in their own Cape Town theatre on 5 May, 1818.
1823: Performed in Dutch as Het Geweten by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town theatre on 20 March, with De Keukenhelden (Jacquelin/Van Foreest).
Sources
http://www.bookdepository.com/Das-Gewissen-August-Wilhelm-Iffland/9783111124056
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilhelm_Iffland
Published text of Das Gewissen in W. Iffland's dramatische Werke Volume 7, 1799, Google Books[2]
Published text of Het Geweten, Google Books[3]
Published text of Conscience, Google Books[4]
https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/321269
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 132, 276
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