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''[[Die Mühle bei Auerstädt, oder Die Unverhoffte Erbschaft]]'' ("The mill at Auerstadt, or the unexpected legacy") is a German historical play in four acts by Carl Ernst (possibly a pseudonym[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=DLTmBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA598&lpg=PA598&dq=Carl+Ernst+Die+M%C3%BChle+bei+Auerst%C3%A4dt&source=bl&ots=2VbPFnlZHB&sig=bvtGKjhpR8CZwM5duQ4fUC_53r8&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ7eexy8HKAhXMOxoKHR9cClcQ6AEISjAI#v=onepage&q=Carl%20Ernst%20Die%20M%C3%BChle%20bei%20Auerst%C3%A4dt&f=false]) 

== The original text ==

Published by Bolling in 1810.

==Translations and adaptations==

Freely translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Molen bij Auerstad]]'' by  C. Sauer and published in Amsterdam by J.G. Rohloff, 1812.

There is apparently also a version by J. de Boer.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1849: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Molen by Auerstad]]''  by [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] on 26 September  in the [[Hoopstraat-Skouburg]] ([[Hope Street Theatre]]) in Cape Town, with as afterpiece ''[[Dirk Menschenschrik]]''  (Holberg).

== Sources ==

Facsimile of the original German version, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VSg7AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/De_molen_bij_Auerstad.html?id=c0vNHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

[[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. 454

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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