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''[[Der Leuchtturm]]'' ("The lighthouse", 1821) is a so-called ("Fate-tragedy") by Christoph Ernst von Houwald (1778-1845)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_von_Houwald]
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''[[Der Leuchtturm]]'' ("The lighthouse", 1821) is a so-called "Schicksalstragödie"("Fate-tragedy") in two acts by Christoph Ernst von Houwald (1778-1845)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_von_Houwald]
  
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== The original text ==
  
According to the author, the text was apparently influenced by a summary he had read of ''[[The Light Tower]]'', a German tragedy by an unnamed author (Burwick, 2015: pp. 220-221)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=The+Floating+Beacon,+or+The+Norwegian+Wreckers&source=bl&ots=Yv397eZ_gL&sig=nvPbvGtiYi1yExO0UrIbTrpTsTo&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUv8qF5YzKAhXDPxQKHSfaAj8Q6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Floating%20Beacon%2C%20or%20The%20Norwegian%20Wreckers&f=false]. The text he is referring to was most probably
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First performed in 1819, it was published as ''[[Der Leuchtturm]]'', with another, shorter, tragedy called ''[[Die Heimkehr]]'' ("The homecoming") in Leipzig by Göschen, 1821.
Fitzball's own play was first performed to great success in the Surrey Theatre, London, on 19 April 1824. The text was printed by and for J. Lowndes in 1824.
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== Translations and adaptations ==
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According to Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], his play, ''[[The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers]]''  (a nautical melodrama in two acts), was apparently influenced by an English summary he had read of a play called ''[[The Light Tower]]''(Burwick, 2015: pp. 220-221)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=The+Floating+Beacon,+or+The+Norwegian+Wreckers&source=bl&ots=Yv397eZ_gL&sig=nvPbvGtiYi1yExO0UrIbTrpTsTo&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUv8qF5YzKAhXDPxQKHSfaAj8Q6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Floating%20Beacon%2C%20or%20The%20Norwegian%20Wreckers&f=false]. Fitzball's play first performed in the Surrey Theatre, London, on 19 April 1824 and published the same year.  
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==South African productions ==
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(See also performances of ''[[The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers]]'')
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_von_Houwald
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_von_Houwald
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Facsimile version of the original German published text of 1821, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=G9VSAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/floating-beacon-or-the-norwegian-wreckers-a-melo-drama-in-two-acts/oclc/9224696
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''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.
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Frederick Burwick. 2015. ''British Drama of the Industrial Revolution''. Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=The+Floating+Beacon,+or+The+Norwegian+Wreckers&source=bl&ots=Yv397eZ_gL&sig=nvPbvGtiYi1yExO0UrIbTrpTsTo&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUv8qF5YzKAhXDPxQKHSfaAj8Q6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Floating%20Beacon%2C%20or%20The%20Norwegian%20Wreckers&f=false]
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Larry Stephen Clifton. 1993. ''The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre''. Popular Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oQ5VhsjD5yoC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=The+Inchcape+Bell,+or+The+Dumb+Sailor+Boy+of+the+Rocks&source=bl&ots=grM-nuWDki&sig=w8suAz0jP3BVoYKXRdb2-EJHqWU&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtLaJno3KAhVH1hQKHZHuAFwQ6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=The%20Inchcape%20Bell%2C%20or%20The%20Dumb%20Sailor%20Boy%20of%20the%20Rocks&f=false]
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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. 226-7 
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Latest revision as of 08:47, 14 August 2018

Der Leuchtturm ("The lighthouse", 1821) is a so-called "Schicksalstragödie"("Fate-tragedy") in two acts by Christoph Ernst von Houwald (1778-1845)[1]

The original text

First performed in 1819, it was published as Der Leuchtturm, with another, shorter, tragedy called Die Heimkehr ("The homecoming") in Leipzig by Göschen, 1821.

Translations and adaptations

According to Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[2], his play, The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers (a nautical melodrama in two acts), was apparently influenced by an English summary he had read of a play called The Light Tower(Burwick, 2015: pp. 220-221)[3]. Fitzball's play first performed in the Surrey Theatre, London, on 19 April 1824 and published the same year.

South African productions

(See also performances of The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers)

Sources

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

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_von_Houwald

Facsimile version of the original German published text of 1821, Google E-book[4]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/floating-beacon-or-the-norwegian-wreckers-a-melo-drama-in-two-acts/oclc/9224696

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.

Frederick Burwick. 2015. British Drama of the Industrial Revolution. Cambridge University Press[5]

Larry Stephen Clifton. 1993. The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre. Popular Press[6]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp. 226-7

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

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Return to PLAYS III: Collections

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