Das Strandrecht

Das Strandrecht (lit: "The beach law", or "The right of salvage") is a German play by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].

Original text

Performed for the first time on 1 March, 1807 in Munich, and on 16 April in Berlin. First published by Bolling in Augsburg, 1810

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Het Strandregt

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Performed in Cape Town as Het Strandregt by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 26 April 1823, as afterpiece to Natuur en pligt, of de zoon rechter over zijnen vader. (Pelletier-Volméranges). Directed by J.G. de Villiers.

Sources

Münchner Mittwochs- und Sonntagsblatt für den gebildeten und bildungsfähigen Bürger und Landmann in Baiern und in Deutschland überhaupt (January- June 1807)[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue

Bavarian State Library digital archive[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 234,

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