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("Poverty and magnanimity") A German comedy in three acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819).
Contents
The original text
Published in Leipzig by Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1795.
Translations and adaptations
Like most of Von Kotzebue's works, this play was widely performed in the 19th century, and translated into a number of langueages.
Translated as Armoede en Grootheid, by Cornelis Loots. Published in Amsteldam by P.d. Uylenbroek, 1796.
English
Directly translated as Poverty and Nobleness of Mind by M. Geisweiler in 1799.
Translated "with Alterations" as Sighs: Or, the Daughter by Prince Hoare, also in 1799. Apparently adapted to a play in five acts.
Performance history in South Africa
1818:
Sources
Online Books by August von Kotzebue[1]
Facsimile text of Sighs: Or, the Daughter[2]
George Watson and Ian R. Willison (Eds) 1971. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volume 2: p173[3]
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