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== South African productions ==
 
== South African productions ==
  
1813: First produced by the [[Afrikaansche Liefhebbery Gezelschap]] (using the motto [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]]) in the [[African Theatre]] on Saturday 11 September, and repeated on Saturday 9 October, for the governor and his wife. "Overseen" (produced) by [[Mr Lemming]] (director of music) and [[Mr Bertrand]] (director of dance). Text credited to "[[Mr C.B."]]
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1813: First produced by the [[Afrikaansche Liefhebbery Gezelschap]] (using the motto [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]]) in the [[African Theatre]] on Saturday 11 September, and repeated on Saturday 9 October, for the governor and his wife. "Overseen" (produced) by [[Mr Lemming]] (director of music) and [[Mr Bertrand]] (director of dance). Text credited to "[[Mr. C.B."]]
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:43, 18 November 2016

Het Beleg en het Nemen van Troyen ("The siege and the taking of Troy") is a ballet pantomime in three acts by Mr C.B. (Charles Etienne Boniface, 1787 – 1853) and probably the first original pantomime shown in South Africa.

Also known as Het Beleg van Troyen; Het Beleg en’t Nemen van Troyen; or Het Beleg en het Nemen van Troje

The original text

The text is unpublished, and was presumably written the year of production (1813).

South African productions

1813: First produced by the Afrikaansche Liefhebbery Gezelschap (using the motto Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense) in the African Theatre on Saturday 11 September, and repeated on Saturday 9 October, for the governor and his wife. "Overseen" (produced) by Mr Lemming (director of music) and Mr Bertrand (director of dance). Text credited to "Mr. C.B."

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 119, 124, 137, 145, 171.

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