The Constant Couple

(full title The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee) A comedy by George Farquhar.

Translation and adaptation

A German translation and adaptation was done by Friedrich Ludwig Schröder under the title Der Ring , a comedy in four acts. First performed in 1783 in Vienna. (

He also translated Farquhar's sequel (Sir Harry Wildair) as Der Ring, oder die unglückliche Ehe durch Delikatesse. Performed in Hamburg 1788, published by Rottmann, 1790.

1836: A Dutch translation, entitled De Ring (credited to Schröder, so probably based on his German version) was produced in Stellenbosch on 4 June 1836 by Door Yver Vruchtbaar, with as afterpiece De Wonder Doctor (Molière).

Sources

http://www.worldcat.org/title/ring-oder-die-ungluckliche-ehe-durch-delikatesse-ein-lustspiel-in-vier-aufzugen/oclc/249211346

Norbert Greiner, Lach-und Sprachkulturen: Socio-kulturelle varianten bei der Überzetsingen englisher Lustspiele ins Deutsche im 18. Jahrhundert in Europäische Komödie im übersetzerischen Transfer (edited by Fritz Paul, Wolfgang Ranke, Brigitte Schultze): p. 46 - Google Books[1]

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Der_Ring_oder_die_ungl%C3%BCckliche_Ehe_durc.html?id=NhR4twAACAAJ&redir_esc=y