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| − | Kotzebue wrote his highly popular drama ''[[Die Spanier in Peru oder Rollas Tod]]'' (1796) as a sequel to this play. | + | Kotzebue wrote his highly popular drama '''''[[Die Spanier in Peru oder Rollas Tod]]''''' (1796) as a sequel to this play. |
| − | + | The German original was translated and adapted into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Zonnemaagd]]'' ("the sun maiden"), a play in five acts, in 1792, by an unnamed translator. The [[Dutch]] text published in Ghent by Smit, 1796. | |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 06:24, 9 June 2020
Die Sonnenjungfrau ("the sun maiden"), is a German play in five acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].
Contents
The original text
First produced and published in German in 1791.
Translations and adaptations
Kotzebue wrote his highly popular drama Die Spanier in Peru oder Rollas Tod (1796) as a sequel to this play.
The German original was translated and adapted into Dutch as De Zonnemaagd ("the sun maiden"), a play in five acts, in 1792, by an unnamed translator. The Dutch text published in Ghent by Smit, 1796.
Performance history in South Africa
1869: Produced in Dutch as De Zonnemaagd in the Hofsaal, Malmesbury, on 5 August, with De Korporaal en Het Dienstmeisje (Anon.).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1796 Dutch translation, Google E-book[2]
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.445-6
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