Die Negersklaven

A German historical-dramatic tableau (“ein historisch-dramatisches Gemählde) in three acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)

The original text

An anti-slavery work based on records of and writings about the slave trade. First published in 1795 or 1796 (by Kummer in Leipzig, and Wallishauser in Vienna) and first produced in 1796

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Negers by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek and published in Amsterdam by Joannes Roelof Poster, 1796. Performed in Amsterdam in 1976.

Performance history in South Africa

1849: Performed in Dutch as Vier Schildwachten op éénen Post by Tot Oefening en Vermaak on 26 September in the Hoopstraat-Skouburg (Hope Street Theatre) in Cape Town, as afterpiece to De Negers (Von Kotzebue).

Sources

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/de_Negers_Tooneelspel_1796.html?id=mMUbQAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue Facsimile of the German text, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Dc46AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=Die+Negersklaven++Von+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=AlcbQGeULg&sig=cEw5kQ22Ui5dpQEmK20dYfIKYVw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dr0SVZH3NYKM7Aag2IHIBw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Die%20Negersklaven%20%20Von%20Kotzebue&f=false Facsimile of the Dutch translation, Google eBook[1] Stanley Hochman (ed) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: Volume 1[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 455,

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

Return to Main Page