Die Soldaten

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A German play in five acts by Arresto (Christlieb Georg Heinrich Arresto, pseudonym of Christlieb Georg Heinrich Burchardi: 1768-1817)

The original text

Published in Hamburg in 1804.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Militaire Stand (tooneelspel in 5 bedrijven) and published in Leeuwarden by Wed. J.P. de Boij, 1805.

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Produced in the Dutch translation by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 2 August in the African Theatre, with De Listige Weduwe (Von Kotzebue).

Sources

Facsimile of De Militaire Stand, Google Books[1]

Facsimile of Die Soldaten, Google Books[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 235,

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