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The melodramatic and romantic German novel ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann'' by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798. (The novel translated into English as ''The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti'' by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.) | The melodramatic and romantic German novel ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann'' by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798. (The novel translated into English as ''The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti'' by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.) | ||
| − | Adapted for the stage by August von Kotzebue as ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien]]'' and first performed in Düsseldorf 1820. | + | Adapted for the stage by August von Kotzebue as ''[[Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien]]'' and first performed the Privilegirtes Theater in Düsseldorf and Aachen; published in Düsseldorf 1820. |
== Translations and adaptations of the play== | == Translations and adaptations of the play== | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 29 August 2016
Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien ("Rinaldo Rinaldini, the great robber chief of Calabria") is a play in five acts by August von Kotzebue, based on the 1797 novel by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827).
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The original text
The melodramatic and romantic German novel Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798. (The novel translated into English as The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.)
Adapted for the stage by August von Kotzebue as Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien and first performed the Privilegirtes Theater in Düsseldorf and Aachen; published in Düsseldorf 1820.
Translations and adaptations of the play
Translated into Dutch as Rinaldo Rinaldini, Overste der Roovers (published 1807)
Translated into English as Rinaldo Rinaldini, The Robber Captain
South African performances
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_August_Vulpius
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo_Rinaldini
1848 text of Hinckley translation- Google Books[1]
