Clavigo

Clavigo is a tragedy in five acts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[1] (1749-1832)

The original text

Written over 8 days in May 1774, published by July 1774 and first performed by the Ackermannschen Gesellschaft in Hamburg on 23 August 1774.

Translations and adaptations

During Goethe's lifetime, despite the poor reception of the play, it was translated into many languages, including English, Dutch, French, Russian, Danish, Swedish and Czech.

The first mentioned English translation was by Benjamin Thompson in 1798. It was followed by a number more[

Apparently translated into Dutch as Clavigo by an anonymous translator in 1781.

Performance history in South Africa

1833: Performed in Dutch as Clavigo by Door Yver Bloeit de Kunst in the African Theatre, with De Verwisseling (Von Guttenberg) as an afterpiece.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavigo_(play)

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3713112?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gul001192401_01/_gul001192401_01_0072.php#091

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 321

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