Dienstpflicht
("Compulsory Service") A German play in five acts by August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814)
Contents
The original text
Published as Dienstpflicht Ein Schauspiel in 5 Aufzugen by Walter de Gruyter , 1800.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Dienspligt by Martinus Gerardus Engelman.
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Produced in Dutch by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 10 October in their own theatre, with De Hoogste Lot (Hagemeister) as afterpiece.
Sources
http://www.egs.edu/library/august-wilhelm-iffland/biography/
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 133,
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