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''[[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)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue]. 

== 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 ''[[Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung|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[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Wer+Wei%C3%9F,+Wozu+das+Gut+Ist+published&source=bl&ots=jwOkYLuOIm&sig=QAwoLHnH-MdZTyOkdRP-7m8iqqc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FaQCVb3uNsrxUKqcg6gF&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Wer%20Wei%C3%9F%2C%20Wozu%20das%20Gut%20Ist%20published&f=false]

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

Facsimile version of the German text, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dlhZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=wer+wei%C3%9F+wozu+es+gut+ist+++A+Von+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=TBTOjY1Jc1&sig=1ueg6kl78cB-adXWECG7-FLi8Rc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bJoCVa6TBYPjU73rgvgH&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=wer%20wei%C3%9F%20wozu%20es%20gut%20ist%20%20%20A%20Von%20Kotzebue&f=false]

A.B. Saakes, 1818. Naamlijst van uitgekomen Nederduitsche Boeken, Prenten,  Kaarwerken, enz. 1814-1818 Volume 6 Published[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=fv8RAAAAIAAJ&dq=Wie+Weet+Waar+Voor+Het+Goed+Is%3F+door+A+Von+Kotzebue&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 443, 

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