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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
By 1805 the play had already been translated into 6 languages, including English and [[Dutch]].
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By 1805 the play had already been translated into 6 languages, including English, French and [[Dutch]].
  
Translated into [[Dutch]] by a number of authors in the years, amongst others by Jan Steven Van Esveldt-Holtrop. Published under the title ''[[Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood]]'' in 1798 by both J.C. Leeuwestyn and J.Doll. 
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Translated into French as ''[[Honneur et Indigence, ou Le Divorce par Amour]]'' ("Honor and Indigence, or Divorce by Love") by Mathias Weiss and Joseph Patrat,
  
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Translated into [[Dutch]] by a number of authors in the years, amongst others by Jan Steven Van Esveldt-Holtrop under the title ''[[Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood]]'' published in 1798 by both J.C. Leeuwestyn and J.Doll.
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Also apparently translated from the French version into [[Dutch]] as s
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 06:41, 16 March 2016

A German play in three acts by August von Kotzebue.

The original text

It was first performed in 1796 in Berlin, and published in 1798. Von Kotzebue apparently considered it his best and most interesting play[1]

Translations and adaptations

By 1805 the play had already been translated into 6 languages, including English, French and Dutch.

Translated into French as Honneur et Indigence, ou Le Divorce par Amour ("Honor and Indigence, or Divorce by Love") by Mathias Weiss and Joseph Patrat,

Translated into Dutch by a number of authors in the years, amongst others by Jan Steven Van Esveldt-Holtrop under the title Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood published in 1798 by both J.C. Leeuwestyn and J.Doll.

Also apparently translated from the French version into Dutch as s

Performance history in South Africa

1824: Performed in Dutch as Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood on 24 May by the company Vlyt en Kunst in the Liefhebbery Toneel - Amateur Theatre in Cape Town, with De Wonderdoctor (Molière), with De Gekwetste Reputatie, of Het Komedielootjie (Boniface) as interlude.

1843: Performed in Cape Town on 21 November in the Dutch translation as Robert Maxwell, of De Offerdood by "Het Privaat Hollandsch Liefhebbery Tooneel Gezelschap" ("The private Dutch amateur theatre company") Door Yver Vruchtbaar with De Wonderdocter, of Le Médecin Malgré Lui by (Molière).

Sources

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Opfer-Tod

Facsimile of the Dutch translation (Google E-Book)[2]

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/August_Friedrich_Ferdinand_von_Kotzebue_Robert_Max?id=Sm4UAAAAQAAJ

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 322,

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