Deborah
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Deborah is a German play by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal ()[]
The original text
Based on a theme in Sir Walter Scott's famous novel Ivanhoe), Mosenthal's version was first performed in Vienna in 1849.
Translations and adaptations
Leah, the Forsaken (or simply Leah) by Augustin Daly ()[] was the first English version, originally performed in New York in 1862, followed by a run in the Adelphi Theatre, London during 1863-4.
Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs a version by
Nadia Valman. 2007. The Jewess in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture, Cambridge University Press: p.34-39[1]