Bruderzwist, oder, 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 1798.

Translations and adaptations

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.

Performance history in South Africa

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]

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

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