Deborah

Deborah is a German play by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal ()[]

The original text

Based on a theme in Sir Walter Scott's famous novel Ivanhoe), Mosenthal's version was first performed in Vienna in 1849.

Translations and adaptations

Besides many other works based on Ivanhoe, there were a number of English versions of Mosenthal's play.

Leah, the Forsaken (or simply Leah) by Augustin Daly ()[] was the first English version, originally performed in New York in 1862, followed by a run in the Adelphi Theatre, London during 1863-4.

Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs (or Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrong! was a version by

Nadia Valman. 2007. The Jewess in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture, Cambridge University Press: p.34-39[1]