Das Gewissen

("Conscience") A German tragedy in five acts by August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814).

The original text

Published as Das Gewissen: Ein Burgerliches Trauerspiel in Funf Aufzugen by Walter de Gruyter, 1799 and in W. Iffland's dramatische Werke by G. J. Göschen, 1799.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Het Geweten by Jan Willem Jacobus Steenbergen van Goor, published in Amsterdam by Wed. J. Doll, 1802. (According to F.C.L. Bosman, 1928 this title was spelled Het Geweeten by the Dutch amateur companies performing the work in South Africa in the 19th century.)

Translated into English as Conscience by Benjamin Thompson (1776?-1816). Published in the series German theatre (Vol. 4), printed by J. Cundee, for Vernor and Hood, in 1800.

Performance history in South Africa

1818: Performed in Dutch by Tot Nut en Vermaak in their own Cape Town theatre as Het Geweeten on 5 May, 1818.

1823: Performed in Dutch as Het Geweeten by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town theatre as Het Geweten on 20 March, with De Keukenhelden (Van Foreest).

Sources

http://www.bookdepository.com/Das-Gewissen-August-Wilhelm-Iffland/9783111124056

Published text of Het Gewissen in W. Iffland's dramatische Werke Volume 7, 1799[1]

Published text of Het Geweten, Google Books[2]

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Conscience.html?id=hfz-QAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/321269

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 132, 276

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