Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien

Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien ("Rinaldo Rinaldini, the great robber chief of Calabria") is a play in five acts by August von Kotzebue, based on the 1797 novel by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827).

Often simply referred to as Rinaldo Rinaldini.

The original text

The melodramatic and romantic German novel Rinaldo Rinaldini, der Räuberhauptmann ("Rinaldo Rinaldini, the Robber Captain") by Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), and much indebted to Schiller's Der Räuber, was published in Leipzig in 1797 or 1798.

Translated into Dutch as Rinaldo Rinaldini, Overste der Roovers, published in Amsterdam by G.Roos in 1807.

Translated into English as Rinaldo Rinaldini,The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti by I.Hinkley, published New York, 1848.

Stage adaptations and translations

Adapted for the stage as an English "grand ballet of action" called Rinaldo Rinaldini, or The Secret Avengers by John Cartwright Cross, first performed at the Royal Circus , Surrey, and published by T. Barker in London in 1801. In this version, all the words were sung.

Adapted for the stage as a German five act play by August von Kotzebue as Rinaldo Rinaldini, der große Räuberhauptmann in Calabrien and first performed the Privilegirtes Theater in Düsseldorf and Aachen; published in Düsseldorf 1820.