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| − | Published in Berlin by Friedrich Maurer, 1798. Appears to have first been performed in 1797, and was later often performed in the early 19th century, ''inter alia'' in the Deutsches Theater Dusseldorff under the expanded (and variable) title of ''Das rächende Gewissen, oder: Die Zauberin Sidonia'' in 1806, and ''Die Zauberin Sidonia, oder: Das rächende Gewissen'' in 1810 and 1928. | + | Published in Berlin by Friedrich Maurer, 1798. Appears to have first been performed in 1797, and was later often performed in the early 19th century, ''inter alia'' in the Deutsches Theater Dusseldorff under the expanded (and variable) title of ''Das rächende Gewissen, oder: Die Zauberin Sidonia'' in 1806, and ''Die Zauberin Sidonia, oder: Das rächende Gewissen'' in 1810 , 1811 and 1928. |
== Translations and adaptations == | == Translations and adaptations == | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 7 May 2016
Die Zauberin Sidonia ("The sorceress Sidionia") is a four-act historical German play by Heinrich Zschokke (1771–1848)[1].
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The original text
Published in Berlin by Friedrich Maurer, 1798. Appears to have first been performed in 1797, and was later often performed in the early 19th century, inter alia in the Deutsches Theater Dusseldorff under the expanded (and variable) title of Das rächende Gewissen, oder: Die Zauberin Sidonia in 1806, and Die Zauberin Sidonia, oder: Das rächende Gewissen in 1810 , 1811 and 1928.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Toveres Sidonia Martinus Gerardus Engelman (1772-1823)[2] and published in Amsteldam by H. van Kesteren, 1799.
Performances in South Africa
1851: Performed in Dutch, in the translation by Engelman, on 23 October 1851 by Tot Oefening en Vermaak in the Garrison Theatre, with as afterpiece De Kalkoen van Breda (Van Ray) , as a charity performance in aid of those who suffered as a resurt of the "Kaffir War" of 1851.
1851: Repeated in Dutch by Tot Oefening en Vermaak on 13 November, again in the Garrison Theatre in Cape Town, this time with De Geveinsde Zotheid door Liefde (Regnard)as afterpiece .
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Zschokke
http://vd18.de/de-sub-vd18/content/pageview/14599652
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/09428/urn_nbn_de_hbz_061_2_45405.html
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/09428/urn_nbn_de_hbz_061_2_57810.html
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/09428/urn_nbn_de_hbz_061_2_52480.html
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100865567
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 455.
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