Die Uniform des Feldmarschalls Wellington

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("The Uniform of Field Marshal Wellington"). A comedy in one act by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue

The original text

First performed and published in 1816, and collected in Dramatischen Werken von August von Kotzebue Vol 57 (Vienna, 1829).

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch by "P.L." as De Uniformrok van den Veldmaarschalk Wellington and published in Amsterdam by H. van Kesteren in 1817

Performance history in South Africa

1837: Performed in Dutch by the Stellenbossche Liefhebbery Tooneel - Stellenbosch Amateur Theatre(under the motto Door Yver Vruchtbaar) on 19 August, 1837 in Stellenbosch , as afterpiece to Dertig Jaren, of Het Leven van een Dobbelaar (Ducange and Dinaux).

Sources

Facsimile version of the German text (Google E-Book)[1]

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Die_Uniform_des_Feldmarschalls_Wellingto.html?id=lNVrNQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.bibliotheek.nl/catalogus/titel.358100178.html

Facsimile version of the Dutch text (Google E-Book)[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 255, 456

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