Dienstpflicht

Dienstpflicht ("Compulsory Service") is a German play in five acts by August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814)[1]

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 (1722?-1823)[2].

Performance history in South Africa

1818: Produced in Dutch by the amateur company Tot Nut en Vermaak on 10 October in their own Cape Town theatre, with De Hoogste Lot (Hagemeister) as afterpiece.

Sources

http://www.egs.edu/library/august-wilhelm-iffland/biography/

Engelman (Martinus Gerardus) in Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek Deel 4: pp. 568-9 - Digitale Versie van het Digitale Bibliotheek der Nederlandse Letteren[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 133,

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