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Dr Wespe is a German comedy in five acts by Roderich Benedix (1811–1873[1].

The original text

A play on the theme of the emancipated woman Written in 1841, it was first performed in Frankfurt am Main in 1843. Published in Benedix's Gesammelte Dramatische Werke (Vol. II, pp. 152-273) by J.J. Weber, Leipzig, in 1846.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Dr Wespe by D.G. Conradie in 1913.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderich_Benedix

William Grange. 2010. Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945. Scarecrow Press: p. xxvii[2]

Rinske Van Stipriaan Pritchett. 2005. The Art of Comedy and Social Critique in Nineteenth-century Germany. Peter Lang: p.174[3]

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.G._Conradie

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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1938: Produced by the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society


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