La Frontière de Savoie

La Frontière de Savoie ("The border of Savoy") is a farce in one act by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) and J.F.A (Jean-François Alfred) Bayard (1796-1853).

The original text
First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Gymnase Dramatique on 20 August 1834. (Often only attributed to Scribe alone)

Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as A Peculiar Position by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880), first performed in London at the Olympic Theatre on 3 May 1837. Published in London by Chapman and Hall, 1837.

Performance history in South Africa
1854: Was apparently to have been performed in English, as A Peculiar Position,  on 11 July 1 by Garrison Players, as after piece to Charles the Twelfth (Planché). It seems this did not take place due to the illness of the stage manager.

1854: Probably performed some time later in July, with the addition of The Two Bonnycastles (J.M. Morton).

1854: Repeated on Friday, 18 August, now with another addition, that  of  The Honeymoon (Tobin).

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