Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a German play in five acts by Christlieb Georg Heinrich Arresto (pseudonym: Christlieb Georg Heinrich Burchardi: 1768-1817)[1]
Contents
The original text
Published in Hamburg in 1804.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Militaire Stand (tooneelspel in 5 bedrijven) and published in Leeuwarden by Wed. J.P. de Boij, 1805.
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Produced in the Dutch translation as De Militaire Stand by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 2 August in the African Theatre, with De Listige Weduwe (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christlieb_Georg_Heinrich_Arresto
Facsimile of De Militaire Stand, Google Books[2]
Facsimile of Die Soldaten, Google Books[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 235
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