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| − | The [[Hoogduitsch Gezelschap van het Liefhebbery Theater]] ("The High German Company for Amateur Theatre") was an [[amateur]] German-language group active at the Cape in 1802 and 1803.
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| − | According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928) the advert for their 13 February 1802 production of ''[[Die Schachmaschine oder Genie Streiche ueber Genie Streiche]]'' (Beck) is the first extant formal advertisement for any performance in South Africa.
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| − | Their other performances, not always in the original German but probably in Dutch translation, included ''[[De Wildfang]]'' (Von Kotzebue) and ''[[De Moetwillige Jongen]]'' on 17 July, 1802, and repeated on 24 July; and ''[[Die Ueberrasschung]]'' and ''[[Das Friedens-feyer]]'' on 15 March, advertised under the motto ''Consacré à la bien faisance Honi soit qui mal y pense''.
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| − | With that they apparently ceased to exist as a German company, for nothing is heard of them after this.
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| − | == Sources ==
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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. 78
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| − | Programme for a performance by Deutsche Schauspieler-Gesellschaft, Düsseldorf in 1804.ZVDD Digital Collections[https://www.zvdd.de/en/digital-collections/load/met/?PPN=urn%3Anbn%3Ade%3Ahbz%3A061%3A2-40088][[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. 78,
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| − | Lesley Sharpe. 2007. ''National Repertoire: Schiller, Iffland and the German Stage''. Peter Lang: p. 164.
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| − | [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=84Ar_Xs6xB0C&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=Die+Schachmaschine+Goethe&source=bl&ots=tEtK-IcvPd&sig=TPVKG8sP0BYUlDwV4ipLd0YezFk&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikuK6ez67PAhUILcAKHZYtDs4Q6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Die%20Schachmaschine%20Goethe&f=false]
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| − | Simon Richter. 2005. ''The Literature of Weimar Classicism''. Boydell & Brewer: p.142[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Neot6eura80C&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=Die+Schachmaschine+Goethe&source=bl&ots=vKcvQ2iiBm&sig=WOlv1YVthVG2CUj2liWieddxjFI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikuK6ez67PAhUILcAKHZYtDs4Q6AEIJjAC#v=onepage&q=Die%20Schachmaschine%20Goethe&f=false]
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| − | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Becker_(Schauspieler)
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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