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Performance history in South Africa

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−	''[[The Stranger]]'' is an English version of ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance", 1789), a popular though controversial drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'', and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1798).	+	#REDIRECT[[Menschenhass und Reue]]
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−	The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success in the English-speaking world, including both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the melodrama in the nineteenth century.
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−	~~'''See ''~~[[Menschenhass und Reue~~]]'' for South African productions.'''~~
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−	~~== Return to ==~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
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-An English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance", 1789),  a popular though controversial drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'',  and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1798).
+''[[The Stranger]]'' is an English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance", 1789),  a popular though controversial drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'',  and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1798).
 The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success in the English-speaking world, including both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the  melodrama in the nineteenth century.
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 == Return to ==
 Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

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-An English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance", 1789),  a drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'',  and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1798).
+An English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance", 1789),  a popular though controversial drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'',  and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1798).
-The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the  melodrama in the nineteenth century.
+The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success in the English-speaking world, including both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the  melodrama in the nineteenth century.
 '''See ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' for South African productions.'''

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-An English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance"),  a drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'', and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
+An English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance", 1789),  a drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'',  and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1798).
 The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the  melodrama in the nineteenth century.
-== Performance history in South Africa ==
+'''See ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' for South African productions.'''
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 200
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
+Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
-== Return to ==
+Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 S|S]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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-A drama in five acts, and  English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance") by August von Kotzebue. Translated by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'', revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
+An English version of  ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance"),  a drama in five acts by August von Kotzebue, translated into English by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'', and revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
-== Original English text of ''The Stranger'' ==
+The original German play was  produced in 1789–90, and the English version was first performed under the title ''[[The Stranger]]'' at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1798.
 The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the  melodrama in the nineteenth century.

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−	The original German written and produced in 1789–90, and the English version was first performed under the title ''[[The Stranger]]'' at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1798.	+	The original German play, ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'', written and produced in 1789–90, and the English version was first performed under the title ''[[The Stranger]]'' at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1798.

	The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the melodrama in the nineteenth century.		The Sheridan version of the play was an immense success, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the melodrama in the nineteenth century.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed on 11 June by the [[English Theatricals]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town with ''[[20 percent, or My Father]]'' as afterpiece.
+: Performed on 11 June by the [[English Theatricals]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town with ''[[20 percent, or My Father]]'' (Author Unknown) as afterpiece.
 : Performed by [[G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January 1855, with [[G.V. Brooke|Mr Brooke]], [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], and a number of amateurs from the Cape. The afterpiece was ''[[The Angel of the Attic]]'' (J.M. Morton) as afterpiece.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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−	A drama in five acts, and English version of ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance") by August von Kotzebue. Translated by Benjamin Thompson as The Stranger, revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.	+	A drama in five acts, and English version of ''[[Menschenhass und Reue]]'' ("Misanthropy and Repentance") by August von Kotzebue. Translated by Benjamin Thompson as ''[[The Stranger]]'', revised for the stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

	The original German written in 1789–90.		The original German written in 1789–90.