The Constant Couple
(full title The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee) A comedy by George Farquhar.
The play
Written in 1699 and performed to acclaim at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1700. It was followed this by writing a sequal Sir Harry Wildair (1701).
Translation and adaptation
A German translation and adaptation was done by Friedrich Ludwig Schröder under the title Der Ring. First performed in 1783 in Vienna. (Schröder also translated Farquhar's sequel, Sir Harry Wildair, as Der Ring, oder die unglückliche Ehe durch Delikatesse.)
A Dutch translation entitled De Ring, was apparently done early in the 18th century, based on that of Schröder.
Performances in South Africa
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Farquhar
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]
