Monet, Directeur de l'Opéra-Comique

Monet, Directeur de l'Opéra-Comique is a comedy in one act by Pierre-Yon Barré (1749-1832), Jean-Baptiste Radet (1752-1830) and François-Georges Desfontaines (1733-1825)

The original text
First performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, 22 July 1799 and published in Paris by Barba in 1802.

Performance history in South Africa
1803: Possibly the text performed as Le Directeur de Comedie by Monsieur Delemery and members of the Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap ("The French Amateur Company") in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 29 October, 1803, with  Pygmalion (Rousseau).

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