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"August von Kotzebue" in  Stanley Hochman (1984) ''McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes'', Volume 1:p. 181[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Die+Vers%C3%B6hnung+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=jwMh-QuKHh&sig=IHScUKtl9dFuw9MufRQNr3ntLIk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5wWpU_zDEa_H7Ab-uoCIDQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Die%20Vers%C3%B6hnung%20Kotzebue&f=false]
 
"August von Kotzebue" in  Stanley Hochman (1984) ''McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes'', Volume 1:p. 181[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Die+Vers%C3%B6hnung+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=jwMh-QuKHh&sig=IHScUKtl9dFuw9MufRQNr3ntLIk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5wWpU_zDEa_H7Ab-uoCIDQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Die%20Vers%C3%B6hnung%20Kotzebue&f=false]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928:pp.242
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Heinrich Döring August von Kotzebue's Leben Hoffmann, 1830: p.408[ http://books.google.co.za/books?id=q2gHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=Die+Vers%C3%B6hnung+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=xzEuJ0tXQi&sig=zhS5j6zNiQnr66-sE7j6VEad-RY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=goKGVInJNsXaaIy_gZgJ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBTgK]
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Also known simply as Die Versöhnung. A German play in five acts ("Ein Schauspiel in Funf Akten") by August von Kotzebue (1761 – 1819).

The original text

First produced in German at the Nationaltheater, Mannheim on 28 March, 1797 and published in Leipzig as Die Versöhnung in 1798. Published as Bruderzwist, oder, Die Versöhnung in 1804.


Translations and adaptations

Dutch

Translated into Dutch by an anonymous translator as De Verzoening, of De Broedertwist and published by Jan Dóll, Amsterdam, 1798. Followed by two other Dutch translations, one by W.A. Iffland, 1799 and one by Dirk Onderwater, published in Den Haag at the same time. All with the same title.


English

Translated into English as The Birthday. A performance took place in Bath in 1799.


French

Translated into French and adapted for the stage as La Réconciliation; ou, Les Deux Frères by Mathias Weiss, Louis François Jauffret and J. Patrat in 1799. Performed as Les Deux Frères at the Theatre de la Republique, in 1802.

Performance history in South Africa

1809: Performed in French under the title Les Deux Frères, ou La Réconciliation by Charles Etienne Boniface and local French players in the African Theatre Cape Town on 4 February, 1809, with Le Petis Mâtelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu (Le Brun).



1829: Performed in Dutch under the title De Verzoening by Tot Nut en Vermaak in the African Theatre Cape Town on 18 October 1828, with 't Zal laat Worden (Meijer).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue\

"August von Kotzebue" in Stanley Hochman (1984) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes, Volume 1:p. 181[1]

Heinrich Döring August von Kotzebue's Leben Hoffmann, 1830: p.408[ http://books.google.co.za/books?id=q2gHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=Die+Vers%C3%B6hnung+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=xzEuJ0tXQi&sig=zhS5j6zNiQnr66-sE7j6VEad-RY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=goKGVInJNsXaaIy_gZgJ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBTgK]

http://books.google.co.za/books?id=x32HaUbbOvsC&dq=Les+Deux+Fr%C3%A8res,+ou+La+R%C3%A9conciliation+Kotzebue&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://archive.org/details/lesdeuxfrresco00kotzuoft http://books.google.co.za/books/about/La_r%C3%A9conciliation_ou_Les_deux_fr%C3%A8res.html?id=WuMlkgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y


F.C.L. Bosman, 1928:pp.125, 242

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