Hugo Grotius
A play in four acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue.
Contents
The original text
Based on the biography of Hugo Grotius, it was performed in 1803(?) and published by Kummer in Leipzig: 1803 and Wallishausserin Augsburg: 1804
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as ‘’Hugo de Groot’’ , and published by J. Doll in 1804.
Translated into French by Antoine Jean Dumaniant (pseud. for Antoine Jean Bourlin.) and Henri Joseph Thuring as ‘’Hugo Grotius’’, performed in Paris and published there by Barba in 1804.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/04202/BibliographicResource_2000068307184.html Facsimile version of the German text(Google E-Book)[1] Facsimile version of the Dutch text (Google E-Book)[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i1xSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=Hugo+de+Groot++Von+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=NiPT_9ysoK&sig=6t3oh121xVM6ezIw0cbh_52-hC0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D0T1VNTYA4PsUqLEgcgB&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Hugo%20de%20Groot%20%20Von%20Kotzebue&f=false] Facsimile version of the French text (Google E-Book)[2] F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp 279, Go to ESAT Bibliography
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