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Les Amateurs de l'Isle de France is a name used (at least once in December 1805) to refer to a company of [[French Amateur Company]] that had performed in the [[African Theatre]] and which was supported and run by French and [[Dutch]] citizens.  This was possibly not only because of the presence of a number of theatre-minded sailors from two ships from Mauritius (l'Isle de France) which had stranded in Table Bay and Hout Bay respectively in this period (the brig ''Atalanta'' and the ''Napoleon'').
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[[Les Amateurs de l'Isle de France]] is a name used (at least once in December 1805) to refer to a company that performed in the [[African Theatre]] and which was supported and run by French and [[Dutch]] citizens.  This was possibly not only because of the presence of a number of theatre-minded sailors from two ships from Mauritius (l'Isle de France) which had stranded in Table Bay and Hout Bay respectively in this period (the brig ''Atalanta'' and the ''Napoleon'').  
  
'''See also [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap|French Amateur Company]].'''
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They performed in a venue referred to as the [[Théâtre de la Société]] (lit. "the society theatre")
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Also known as [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]  or The [[French Amateur Company]],
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'''See [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]'''
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 83
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 83, 89, 116.
  
 
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Les Amateurs de l'Isle de France is a name used (at least once in December 1805) to refer to a company that performed in the African Theatre and which was supported and run by French and Dutch citizens. This was possibly not only because of the presence of a number of theatre-minded sailors from two ships from Mauritius (l'Isle de France) which had stranded in Table Bay and Hout Bay respectively in this period (the brig Atalanta and the Napoleon).

They performed in a venue referred to as the Théâtre de la Société (lit. "the society theatre")

Also known as Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap or The French Amateur Company,

See Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 83, 89, 116.

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