Eulenspiegel
A German dramatic farce in one act by August von Kotzebue (1761 – 1819),
Contents
The original text
Originally apparently written by Von Kotzebue as a libretto for an opera by this name, with music by Ludwig Wilhelm Tepper von Ferguson, and produced by Von Kotzebue in the German Theatre in St Petersburg in 1801 (to no great success).
Possibly reworked as a one-act farce, published in German in Berlin 1807, first performed in this form in the Königliches Schauspielhaus, Berlin in 1806.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Uilenspiegel by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, and published by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1812.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres, Stanford University Libraries[1]
Stanley Hochman 1984 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes, Stanley Hochman, Volume 1: p. 182 [2]
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Uilenspiegel.html?id=p3YMtwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
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