Mathilde, ou la Jalousie

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Mathilde, ou la Jalousie is a French comedy in three acts (with music) by Jean-François Bayard (1796-1853)[1] and Laurencin (Paul-Aimé Chapelle, 1806-1890)[2].

The original text

First performed at the Théâtre National du Vaudeville, Paris, on 3 June,1835. Published as Mathilde, ou la jalousie: comédie en trois actes, mêlée de chants by Dondey-Dupré in Paris in 1835.

Translations and adaptations

Freely adapted into English as a comedy in three acts by Leicester Buckingham ()[] as Faces in the Fire, it was first performed St James’s Theatre, London, in March 1865.

Performance history in South Africa

1884: Performed in English as Faces in the Fire by Henry Harper company in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town on the 18th July with The Two Gregories (Dibdin).

Sources

Facsimile version of original French text, [3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayard

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


“The London Theatres” in The London Review March 4 1865: p. 249[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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