Der Eremit auf Formentera

("The Hermit of Formentera") A musical play in two acts by August von Kotzebue

The original text

Written in German, and published in Frankfort and Leipzig in 1790.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Kluizenaar op Formentera by **, first published in Rotterdam by J. Meijer in 1793.

Performance history in South Africa

1809: First performed in Dutch as De Kluizenaar op het Eiland Formentera by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 10 June 1809 in the African Theatre, with De Verwarring (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.

Sources

Text of the first German edition[1]

Text of the first Dutch edition[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 131,

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