De Man naar de Klok
A comedy in one act by Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (The Elder, 1741 –1796). A Dutch translation of the original German play called Der Mann nach der Uhr, oder der ordentliche Mann Der Mann Nach der Uhr, Oder der Ordentliche Mann ("The man of the hour, or the decent man").
Contents
The original text
Written and performed in German in 1766, published in German by Hartknoch in Riga, 1771.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Man naar de Klok ("The man of the hour") for performance by the theatre association Deugd en Vermaak in Alkaar, Holland, by Abraham Maas . Published in Dutch Te Alkmaar : by J. Hand, 1792.
Performance history in South Africa
1834: Performed in Stellenbosch by Door Yver Vruchtbaar in the The Stellenbosch Amateur Theatre (De Stellenbosche Liefhebbery Tooneel) on 26 July, as afterpiece to Menschenhaat en Berouw (Kotzebue).
Sources
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Gottlieb_von_Hippel_der_%C3%84ltere
Digital facsimile of the Dutch text, Google Books[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 254, 280
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