Der Deserteur

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("The deserter") A German comedy in one act by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue.

The original text

Possibly performed in 1806 or 1807, published by Bolling, 1808

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Deserteur by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop. Published in Amsterdam by J.S. van Esveldt-Holtrop, 1807.

Performance history in South Africa

1818: Performed in Cape Town by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 2 December, 1818, with De Goedhartige Losbol (Anon.) as afterpiece.

1822: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by Tot Nut en Vermaak, as afterpiece to Volsan, Of De Menschenhater Door Tegenspoed (Villenhoven). Originally announced for 21 September, but postponed to 24 September.

1825: Performed in Dutch by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 17 September in the African Theatre, with De Verzoening, of De Broedertwist (Von Kotzebue).

Sources

Text of Der Deserteur, Google Books[1]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/deserteur-kluchtig-blijspel-in-een-bedrijf/oclc/63802807

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p.133, 240, 246.

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