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+ | The original German written in 1789–90. | ||
+ | The Englishe version first performed under the title ''[[The Stranger]]'' at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1798. | ||
+ | The play was an immense success in the English version, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the melodrama in the nineteenth century. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == |
Revision as of 09:09, 14 April 2014
A drama in five acts, and English version of Menschenhass und Reue ("Misanthropy and Repentance") by August von Kotzebue by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
The original German written in 1789–90.
The Englishe version first performed under the title The Stranger at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in 1798.
The play was an immense success in the English version, in both England and the United States, and the play is seen by many as one of the harbingers of the wave of popularity enjoyed by the melodrama in the nineteenth century.
Performance history in South Africa
11 June 1825: Performed by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre, Cape Town with 20 percent, or My Father as afterpiece.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
Bosman, 1928: pp. 200
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