La Sirène de Paris

La Sirène de Paris is a drama in five acts and six tableaux by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887) and Xavier de Montépin (1823-1902)

The original text
Published in Paris by M. Lévy fr. in 1860, first performed at the Théâtre De L'Ambigu-Comique, paris, on 19 April 1860.

Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English as The Syren of Paris, a romantic drama in two acts by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[]

Publisher William Hailes Lacy, 1860,

Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed in English as The Syren of Paris in the Theatre Royal by the Garrison Players on 19 October, with The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).

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