Die Eiserne Larve
Die Eiserne Larve ("The iron mask") is a German tragedy in five acts by Heinrich Szchokke (1771-1848)[1].
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The original text
A play based on the legend of the man in the iron mask, it was first published in Bayreuth by J. A. Lübecks Erben 1804.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Het Ijzeren Masker ("The Iron Mask") by an anonymous author, and published in Amsterdam, by J. C. van Kesteren, 1833.
1876: Performed in Dutch as Het Ijzeren Masker (Schokke) by Aurora II at the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 11 July. (Cited erroneously as Het Ijzeren by Jill Fletcher, 1994.)
Naamlijst van Uitgekomen Boeken,Kaarten, Prentewerken, enz. 1829-1833, Volume 9, Amsterdam, C.L. Schleier: p.889[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Zschokke
http://www.heinrichzschokke.ch/werk/theaterstucke/
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
