Die Schlaue Wittwe, Oder, Die Temperamente

("The clever widow, or the temperaments") A German farce in one act by August von Kotzebue

The original text

Also published in Vienna in 1803,

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Temperamenten by Barth Rekker, J. vander Stam Published Pieter Johannes Uylenbroek, 1797

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Produced in the Dutch translation by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 2 August in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to De Militaire Stand (Arresto). According to Bosman, (1928:p.235) it appeared under the title De Listige Weduwe ("The devious widow").

Sources

Facsimile of the Dutch text, Google Books[1]

https://archive.org/details/dieschlauewittwe00kotz

http://www.biblio.com/die-schlaue-wittwe-oder-by-von-kotzebue-august/work/2617585

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 235,

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