Wer Weiß, Wozu das Gut Ist
Wer Weiß, Wozu das Gut Ist ("Who knows what it is good for") is a German farce in one act by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].
Contents
The original text
Published 1815.
Translations
Translated into Dutch as Wie Weet Waarvoor Het Goed Is! by J.S. Van Esveldt Holtrop, published in Aalst, Belgium, by F. Sacré in 1815.
Performance history in South Africa
1843: Performed in Dutch as Wie Weet Waar Voor Het Goed Is? by Tot Nut en Vermaak, Cape Town, as on 14 July, with De Verzoening, of De Broedertwist (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Stanley Hochman. 1984. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes, Volume 1[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
Facsimile version of the German text, Google E-Book[3]
A.B. Saakes, 1818. Naamlijst van uitgekomen Nederduitsche Boeken, Prenten, Kaarwerken, enz. 1814-1818 Volume 6 Published[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 443,
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