Der Deserteur

("The deserter") A German comedy in one act by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue.

The original text

Possibly performed in 1806 or m1807, published by Bolling, 1808

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Deserteur by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop. Published in Amsterdam by J.S. van Esveldt-Holtrop, 1807.

Performance history in South Africa

1818: Performed in Cape Town by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 2 December, 1818, with De Goedhartige Losbol (Anon.) as afterpiece.

Sources

Text of Der Deserteur, Google Books[1]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/deserteur-kluchtig-blijspel-in-een-bedrijf/oclc/63802807

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