Doctor Wespe
Doctor Wespe ("Doctor Wasp") is a German comedy in five acts by Roderich Benedix (1811–1873[1].
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The original text
A German play on the theme of the emancipated woman, Written in 1841, and first performed in Frankfurt am Main in 1843. Published in Benedix's Gesammelte Dramatische Werke (Vol. II, pp. 152-273) by J.J. Weber, Leipzig, in 1846.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Dr Wespe by D.G. Conradie in 1913.
Performance history in South Africa
1938: Produced by the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderich_Benedix
William Grange. 2010. Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945. Scarecrow Press: p. xxvii[2]
Rinske Van Stipriaan Pritchett. 2005. The Art of Comedy and Social Critique in Nineteenth-century Germany. Peter Lang: p.174[3]
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.G._Conradie
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica
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