Tailleur Pour Dames

Tailleur Pour Dames ("Tailor for ladies") is a French farce in three acts by Georges Feydeau (1862 - 1921)[1]

The original text

First performed on the 17th December, 1886 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. Published by Librairie Théatrale, 1887.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as A Gown for his Mistress by Barnett Shaw ()[] (Samuel French, NY, 1969),

Translated into Afrikaans as Flikkers en Vlooie by Pieter Fourie.

Performance history in South Africa

1979: Performed in Afrikaans as Flikkers en Vlooie by KRUIK Toneel directed by Schalk Jacobsz, designed by Dicky Longhurst starring Johan Malherbe, Mary Dreyer, Trix Pienaar and Liz Dick, opening 3 November 1979.

2002: Performing rights for Flikkers en Vlooie granted by DALRO to the Hoërskool Dirkie Uys for performances in Mooreesburg during August.

Sources

Anastasia programme notes, 1979.

Nico Luwes 2010. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [2]

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