Das Glas Wasser
("The glass of water") A German comedy in two acts by Andreas-Joseph von Guttenberg
Contents
The original text
Published in Volume 2 of Gezellige schouwburg, of Verzameling van tooneel- en blyspelen (Leipzig:Stage, 1803).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as Het Glas Water, a comedy in two acts, and published in Amsterdam by Jan Dóll, 1802. (Not to be confused with Het Glas Water, of Die Uitwerkingen en De Beweegredenen, a Dutch translation of Eugene Scribe's 1840 five-act comedy, Le Verre d’Eau. Les Effets et Les Causes.)
Performance history in South Africa
1826: Performed in Dutch on 28 October, 1826 by Door Yver Vruchtbaar, with De Broeders ("The Brothers") (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Facsimile version of the German text, Google Books[1]
Facsimile version of the Dutch text, Google Books[2]
Louis B. Petit, Catalogus Bibliotheek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden Publisher: Brill Archive, 1887[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.252
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