August von Kotzebue

(1761-1819)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819 LBT ID: AuKotze1819 VIAF ID: 14771963 LOC ID: n50000570	B/BAP: 1761-05-03 DIED: 1819-03-23
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German playwright mistakenly assassinated by a student believing that he was a Russian agent. His play Lovers' Vows figures prominently in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY August von Kotzebue: Lovers' Vows, a Play, in Five Acts. Found 1. Display Records The Reconciliation, or, Birth-day: a Comedy in Five Acts. Found 1. Display Records Souvenirs de Paris en 1804. Found 0. Display Records The Stranger: a Comedy. Found 6. Display Records Die Spanier in Peru, oder, Rollas Tod: ein romantisches Trauerspiel in fünf Akten. Found 1. Display Records