Der Advokat
Der Advokat is a play in five acts ("Schauspiel in fünf Aufzügen") by Felix Philippi (1851-1921)[1].
Not to be confused with Die Advokaten (1801) by August Wilhelm Iffland.
Contents
The original text
Published in Leipzig by Reclam, ca. 1885.
Performed in Weimar at the Hoftheater, 8 January, 1887.
Translations and adaptations
Probably the basic source for the English melodrama Jim the Penman (1886) by Charles Lawrence Young (1839-1887)[2]. The English play was performed a number of times in South Africa (e.g. 1886, 1900 and 1914) and twice made into a silent film (1915 and 1921).
See Jim the Penman for more details on the English play.
Performance history in South Africa
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/titleinfo/4188317
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Philippi
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 2 Dec 1886[3]
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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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