Der Ring
The shortened title for two theatrical works:
A play by Friedrich Ludwig Schröder.
A comedy in four acts by Friedrich Ludwig Schröder. A German translation and adaptation of The Constant Couple (full title The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee) by George Farquhar.
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.
Published in Vienna 1804.
1836: A Dutch translation produced in Stellenbosch on 4 June 1836 by Door Yver Vruchtbaar, with as afterpiece De Wonder Doctor (Molière).
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]
See under its full title Der Ring, oder die unglückliche Ehe durch Delikatesse
An opera cycle by Richard Wagner
Shortened title for Der Ring des Nibelungen
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