Die Schachmaschine, oder Geniestreiche über Geniestreiche

A German comedy in four acts by Heinrich Beck (1760-1803), first performed in Berlin 1798 and published as part of his complete works in 1802.

1802: On 13 February they performed Die Schachmaschine, oder Geniestreiche über Geniestreiche (Heinrich Beck, 1797) in the African Theatre. (According to Bosman, 1928, p. 79, this was the first theatre production in Cape Town for which an advert has been found.)

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