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''[[Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais]]'' ('Midas gold, or the ballet of the brooms") is a pantomime in three acts by an anonymous author, (though possibly [[C.E. Boniface]]).  
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''[[Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais]]'' ("Midas gold, or the ballet of the brooms") is a pantomime in three acts by an anonymous author, (though possibly [[C.E. Boniface]]).  
  
  
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== South African performances ==
 
== South African performances ==
  
It was apparently performed  in French by the [[French Company]] led by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], on 1 July in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town,  with ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' (Barago/Boniface).
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1809: The play was apparently performed  in French by the [[French Company]] led by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]], on 1 July in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town,  with ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' (Barago/Boniface).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 09:39, 22 August 2016

Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais ("Midas gold, or the ballet of the brooms") is a pantomime in three acts by an anonymous author, (though possibly C.E. Boniface).


The original text

The only reference to such a work is by F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 126), based on a newspaper advert from the Kaapsche Courant of 21 June, 1809.


South African performances

1809: The play was apparently performed in French by the French Company led by Charles Etienne Boniface, on 1 July in the African Theatre, Cape Town, with Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi (Barago/Boniface).

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp.126.

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