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("The Confession") A German comedy in one act by August von Kotzebue.  
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''[[Die Beichte]]'' ("The Confession") is a German one act comedy August Friedrich Ferdinand Von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue].  
  
Die Beichte: Lustspiel in einem Aufzuge
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== The original text ==
Authors August von Kotzebue, Friederike Krickeberg, Bogner, Nagel, Hof-Schauspieler-Gesellschaft
 
Publisher Bloch, 1805
 
  
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Performed by the Hof-Schauspieler-Gesellschaft and published by Bloch in 1805.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated from the French version into [[Dutch]] by Cornelis van der Vijver as ''[[De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar]]'', published in Amsterdam by J. S. van Esveldt-Holtrop, 1809.
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Adapted into French as '''''[[Le Mari Ermite]]''''' ("the husband hermit") by Jean François Boursault-Malherbe, and presented for tnhe first time at Le Théâtre des Variétés Étrangères on 12 January, 1807  and published by Antoine-Augustyn Renouard in the same year.
  
Translated into English by an unknown author as ''[[The Confession]]'' and published 1820
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The French version was translated into [[Dutch]] as '''''[[De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar]]''''' ("the husband hermit") by Cornelis van der Vijver and published in Amsterdam by J. S. van Esveldt-Holtrop, 1809.
  
Facsimile of the German text, ''Google Books''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=_0JScgAACAAJ&dq=Die+Beichte+Von+Kotzebue&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KsfdVIruOIHdUIiggZAK&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ]
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Translated into English by an unknown author as '''''[[The Confession]]''''' and published 1820.
  
Facsimile of the [[Dutch]] text, ''Google Books''[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=M5NbAAAAQAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Facsimile of the English text, ''Google Books''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=1q5fAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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1824: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar]]''  by [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] on 28 August in the [[African Theatre]], with  ''[[De Verkeerde Schaamte]]'' (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.
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1824: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar]]''  by [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]]. Announced for 23 October, but possibly only took place on 13 November, in the [[African Theatre]], with  ''[[Tot Middernacht, of List tegen List]]'' (Dumaniant).
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== Sources ==
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Facsimile of the German text ''[[Die Beichte]]'', ''[[Google Books]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=_0JScgAACAAJ&dq=Die+Beichte+Von+Kotzebue&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KsfdVIruOIHdUIiggZAK&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ]
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Facsimile of the French text ''[[Le Mari Ermite]]'', ''[[Google Books]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=1ao7AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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Facsimile of the [[Dutch]] text ''[[De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar]]'', ''[[Google Books]]''[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=M5NbAAAAQAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
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Facsimile of the English text ''[[The Confession ]]'', ''[[Google Books]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=1q5fAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  
 
Gerd Aage Gillhoff, 2013, ''The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876
 
Gerd Aage Gillhoff, 2013, ''The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876
'', ''Google Books''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VLoqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT203&lpg=PT203&dq=De+Echtgenoot+Kluizenaar+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=fP3WAgtLS4&sig=IZOgwKDNJeWS94p3jpsOfkByIxI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1cPdVJSRM4XnUqicgJgB&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=De%20Echtgenoot%20Kluizenaar%20Kotzebue&f=false]
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'', ''[[Google Books]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VLoqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT203&lpg=PT203&dq=De+Echtgenoot+Kluizenaar+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=fP3WAgtLS4&sig=IZOgwKDNJeWS94p3jpsOfkByIxI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1cPdVJSRM4XnUqicgJgB&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=De%20Echtgenoot%20Kluizenaar%20Kotzebue&f=false]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 235, 280
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:14, 8 June 2023

Die Beichte ("The Confession") is a German one act comedy August Friedrich Ferdinand Von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[1].

The original text

Performed by the Hof-Schauspieler-Gesellschaft and published by Bloch in 1805.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into French as Le Mari Ermite ("the husband hermit") by Jean François Boursault-Malherbe, and presented for tnhe first time at Le Théâtre des Variétés Étrangères on 12 January, 1807 and published by Antoine-Augustyn Renouard in the same year.

The French version was translated into Dutch as De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar ("the husband hermit") by Cornelis van der Vijver and published in Amsterdam by J. S. van Esveldt-Holtrop, 1809.

Translated into English by an unknown author as The Confession and published 1820.

Performance history in South Africa

1824: Performed in Dutch as De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar by Tot Nut en Vermaak on 28 August in the African Theatre, with De Verkeerde Schaamte (Von Kotzebue) as afterpiece.

1824: Performed in Dutch as De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense. Announced for 23 October, but possibly only took place on 13 November, in the African Theatre, with Tot Middernacht, of List tegen List (Dumaniant).

Sources

Facsimile of the German text Die Beichte, Google Books[2]

Facsimile of the French text Le Mari Ermite, Google Books[3]

Facsimile of the Dutch text De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar, Google Books[4]

Facsimile of the English text The Confession , Google Books[5]

Gerd Aage Gillhoff, 2013, The Royal Dutch Theatre at the Hague 1804–1876 , Google Books[6]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp. 235, 280

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

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