Die Verleumder
Die Verleumder ("The slanderer") is a German tragedy in five acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].
Contents
The original German text
Published in Graz 1796. (Attributed to "Präsidenten von Kotzebue" on the title page).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Lasteraar ("The slanderer") and published before 1829. Later also published by P. Jaspin, 1842.
Productions in South Africa
1829: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 6 June alongside De Kalkoen van Breda, of Menig Voordeel Komt Onverwacht (Van Ray)
Sources
http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht/?PPN=PPN743631757&LOGID=LOG_0007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
Facsimile version of the 1842 Dutch edition, Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 241.
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