Die Verleumder

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Die Verleumder ("The slanderer") is a German tragedy in five acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].

The original German text

Published in Graz 1796. (Attributed to "Präsidenten von Kotzebue" on the title page).

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Lasteraar ("The slanderer") and published before 1829. Later also published by P. Jaspin, 1842.

Productions in South Africa

1829: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 6 June alongside De Kalkoen van Breda, of Menig Voordeel Komt Onverwacht (Van Ray)

Sources

Facsimile digital version of the German text, Neue Sammlung deutscher Schauspiele, Zehnter Band, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue

Facsimile version of the 1842 Dutch edition, Google E-book[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 241.

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