Elfride
Elfride is a German tragedy in three acts by Friedrich Justin Bertuch ()[].
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The original text
Apparently based on The History of England by D. Hume,
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Elfride by Pieter Johannes Kasteleyn.
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town by the Rederijkerskamer De Eendracht on 21 and 28 November and 11 December, De Eerste Bruidsdag (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.450.
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