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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1809: Produced in French by [[C.E. Boniface]] with the [[French Theatrical Company]] on 22 February in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Le Derviche]]'' (De Saint-Foix).
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1809: Produced in French by [[C.E. Boniface]] with the [[French Amateur Company]] on 22 February in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Le Derviche]]'' (De Saint-Foix).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 06:13, 18 August 2016

Les Plaideurs ("The Litigants) is a comedy in three acts by Jean Racine (1639–1699)[1]

The original text

Inspired by The Wasps[2] by Aristophanes, the non-political French farce was written in 1668, first performed late in 1668 at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris and published in 1669. It is the only comedy Racine wrote.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1809: Produced in French by C.E. Boniface with the French Amateur Company on 22 February in the African Theatre, with Le Derviche (De Saint-Foix).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Racine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Plaideurs

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 125, 171

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