Die Goldne Spinne

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Die Goldne Spinne is a German comedy in four acts by Franz von Schönthan(1849-1913)[1]

Also found as Die Goldene Spinne


The original text

Published as Die goldne Spinne in Leipzig by Reclam, [ca. 1885],

Translations and adaptations

According to , translated into Dutch as Politiezaken by Jac. de Vos (also written as Politie-zaken), performed in the Leidse Schouwburg, Leiden, in 1893 and by the Vereniging tot bevordering van uiterlijke welsprekendheid "Bogaers" in Koog-Zaandijk, ca. 1897.

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

Advert for a performance in 1893, Leidsch Dagblad (5 January 1893: p. 4)[2]

"Vereniging tot bevordering van uiterlijke welsprekendheid 'Bogaers'", Gemeentearchief Zaanstad[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.484

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