Der Stumme
A German comedy in one act by August von Kotzebue,
Contents
The original text
Published in 1808.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Spraaklooze by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop and published in 1807. (Written De Spraakloze in some sources.)
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Produced in Dutch as De Spraaklooze by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 12 September in their own theatre, as afterpiece to De Jonge Filosoof, of De Grilligheden van de Fortuin (Tréogate).
1823: Produced in Dutch as De Spraakloze (according to Bosman, 1928), by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 7 June in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Haat en Liefde (Von Bonin).
Sources
Text of the German edition of 1808, Google Books[1]
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/De_spraaklooze.html?id=dvVvHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 133,
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