Das Lustspiel am Fenster

A German farce in one act by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue.

The original text

First performed by the Hof-Schauspieler-Gesellschaft in 1807 and published in 1807.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De intrigue aan het venster, "kluchtspel in één bedrijf" by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop. Published in Amsterdam by J.S. van Esveldt Holtrop, 1807.

Performance history in South Africa

It was the source of Limaçon de Dichter, Charles Etienne Boniface's satire on Joseph Suasso de Lima.

Sources

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Das_Lustspiel_am_Fenster.html?id=iHg2mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.worldcat.org/title/intrigue-aan-het-venster-kluchtspel-in-een-bedrijf/oclc/63803740

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p. 293

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