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 As a three-act musical play (Der fürstliche Wildfang oder Fehler und Lehre) by Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, , (1819)
-Translated into English by William Dunlap and adapted as a comic opera in four acts under the title ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' (''sic'' on the original printed edition, but listed as ''[[The Wild-Goose Chase]]'' by later critics and authors.) and performed in New York on 24 January 1800. Published there in 1800 by William Dunlap.
+Translated into English by William Dunlap and adapted as a comic opera in four acts under the title ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' (''sic'' on the original printed edition, but listed as '''''[[The Wild-Goose Chase]]''''' by later critics and authors.) and performed in New York on 24 January 1800. Published there in 1800 by William Dunlap.
 Translated into [[Dutch]] as '''''[[De Verwarde Schaking]]''''' ("The confused kidnapping") by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek, and published by Van Kesteren in Amsteldam in 1798.

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 Subtitled "Ein Lustspiel für die Verdauung" (literally: "A comedy for the digestion"), this has been one of his most popular works.
-The title of the play is derived from what was originally a hunting expression,  used to refer to "a trapped wild animal", but it is used in the title in the derived metaphoric sense of "a lively, boisterous child", usually applied to a girl - i.e. somewhat equivalent to "tomboy" in English. The title is translated in a variety of ways, for instance "The Wild-Goose Chase" by  William Dunlap the first translator of the text, in 1800,  "The Trapping of Game" by some sources (e.g. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'') and as "The Madcap" by Hunt and Clarke, the translators of Von Kotzbue's own autobiography in 1827.
+The title of the play is derived from what was originally a hunting expression,  used to refer to "a trapped wild animal", but it is used in the title in the derived metaphoric sense of "a lively, boisterous child", usually applied to a girl - i.e. somewhat equivalent to "tomboy" in English. The title is translated in a variety of ways, for instance ''[[The Wild-Goose Chase]]'' by  William Dunlap,  the first translator of the text, in 1800;  ''[[The Trapping of Game]]'' by some sources (e.g. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'') and as ''[[The Madcap]]'' by Hunt and Clarke, the translators of Von Kotzbue's own autobiography in 1827.
 The German text was first performed and published in 1798, later republished many times, e.g. by Bolling in Augsburg, 1805  and by Wallishausser in Vienna, 1811.

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 Translated into English by William Dunlap and adapted as a comic opera in four acts under the title ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' (''sic'' on the original printed edition, but listed as ''[[The Wild-Goose Chase]]'' by later critics and authors.) and performed in New York on 24 January 1800. Published there in 1800 by William Dunlap.
-Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Verwarde Schaking]]'' ("The confused kidnapping") by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek, and published by Van Kesteren in Amsteldam in 1798.
+Translated into [[Dutch]] as '''''[[De Verwarde Schaking]]''''' ("The confused kidnapping") by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek, and published by Van Kesteren in Amsteldam in 1798.
 == Productions in South Africa ==

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-(Originally a hunting expression used to refer to "a trapped wild animal", but it is used here in the derived metaphoric sense of "a lively, boisterous child", usually applied to a girl - i.e. somewhat equivalent to "tomboy" in English.)
+''[[Der Wildfang]]'' (approx. "a lively, boisterous child" or "tomboy") is a comedy in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue].
 (Not to be confused with Kotzebue's 1819 comedy ''[[Der Fürstliche Wildfang, oder Fehler und Lehre]]'', an adaptation of ''[[Le prince en Goguette, ou, La Faute et La Leçon]]'', the 1817 French [[Vaudeville|vaudeville]] by Bouilly and Désaugiers.).
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 Subtitled "Ein Lustspiel für die Verdauung" (literally: "A comedy for the digestion"), this has been one of his most popular works.
-The title of the play is translated in a variety of ways, for instance "The Wild-Goose Chase" by  William Dunlap the first translator of the text, in 1800,  "The Trapping of Game" by some sources (e.g. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'') and as "The Madcap" by Hunt and Clarke, the translators of Von Kotzbue's own autobiography in 1827.
+The title of the play is derived from what was originally a hunting expression,  used to refer to "a trapped wild animal", but it is used in the title in the derived metaphoric sense of "a lively, boisterous child", usually applied to a girl - i.e. somewhat equivalent to "tomboy" in English. The title is translated in a variety of ways, for instance "The Wild-Goose Chase" by  William Dunlap the first translator of the text, in 1800,  "The Trapping of Game" by some sources (e.g. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'') and as "The Madcap" by Hunt and Clarke, the translators of Von Kotzbue's own autobiography in 1827.
 The German text was first performed and published in 1798, later republished many times, e.g. by Bolling in Augsburg, 1805  and by Wallishausser in Vienna, 1811.

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 Facsimile version of ''[[De Verwarde Schaking]]'' (Google E-Book)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=zUBaAAAAcAAJ&dq=De+Verwarde+Schaking+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. 79, 111,
+[[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. 79, 111, 279,
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	Facsimile version of ''[[De Verwarde Schaking]]'' (Google E-Book)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=zUBaAAAAcAAJ&dq=De+Verwarde+Schaking+Kotzebue&source=gbs_navlinks_s]		Facsimile version of ''[[De Verwarde Schaking]]'' (Google E-Book)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=zUBaAAAAcAAJ&dq=De+Verwarde+Schaking+Kotzebue&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
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		+	[[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. 79, 111,

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	A comedy in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).		A comedy in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).

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−	(literally: ~~Orinally "a mother boar", later as~~ a hunting expression to refer to "a trapped wild animal", but it is used here in the derived metaphoric sense of "a lively, boisterous child", usually of a girl - i.e. "a tomboy".)	+	(literally: Originally a hunting expression used to refer to "a trapped wild animal", but it is used here in the derived metaphoric sense of "a lively, boisterous child", usually of a girl - i.e. the equivalent of "tomboy".)

	A comedy in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).		A comedy in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).

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 The title of the play is translated in a variety of ways, for instance "The Wild-Goose Chase" by  William Dunlap the first translator of the text, in 1800,  "The Trapping of Game" by some sources (e.g. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'') and as "The Madcap" by Hunt and Clarke, the translators of Von Kotzbue's own autobiography in 1827.
-The German text was published in 1798, by Bolling in Augsburg, 1805  and by Wallishausser in Vienna, 1811.
+The German text was first performed and published in 1798, later republished many times, e.g. by Bolling in Augsburg, 1805  and by Wallishausser in Vienna, 1811.
 == Translations and adaptations ==