Der Indienfahrer

Der Indienfahrer is a German play in four acts by Christlieb Georg Heinrich Arresto (1768-1817)[1]

The original text

Published in Hamburg by Campe in 1803.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Oost-Indien-vaarer by Jan Willem Jacobus Steenbergen van Goor and published by H. Moolenijzer, Amsterdam in 1804.

Performance history in South Africa

1824: Performed in Dutch as De Oost-Indien Varer by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 18 September June, with De Verstrooiden (Von Kotzebue).

Sources

http://www.museumplantinmoretus.be/docs/stad/bedrijven/cultuur_sport_recreatie/cs_musea/erfgoedbibliotheek/overzichtslijst_tooneelbibliotheek.pdf

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christlieb_Georg_Heinrich_Arresto

Facsimile version of the 1810 edition of the German text (Google E-Book)[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928:pp. 280,

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