De Nachtwacht
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A comedy in one act by Carl Theodor Körner (1791 – 1813).
Contents
The original text
Original German title: Der Nachtwächter (The Night Watchman), first produced in the Vienna Burgtheater in 1812.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch inter alia by Salomon Deventer (published in 1844); by G. de Vos (in 1852).
Performance history in South Africa
10 September, 1825: performed as a two-act comedy in Cape Town by the children's company Tot Oefening en Smaak, probably directed by Joseph Suasso de Lima.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p 269
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