J'invite le Colonel!
J'invite le Colonel! is a comedy with music in one act by Eugène-Marin Labiche [1] and Marc-Michel (1812-1868)[2]
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The original text
It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 16 January, 1860 and published by Editions Michel Lévy frères in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
A Dutch adaptation called Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel was done by an unknown author and published by G. Theod. Bom, Amsterdam, 1869.
Performance history in South Africa
1895: A play referred to as Uitgaan (Glanor) was twice performed in Pretoria in this year, probably by the Rederijkerskamer Onze Taal. (F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: p. 484, suggests this may have been a version of Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel, but it was in fact an original Dutch play by Glanor - see the entry on Uitgaan.)
Sources
Open access copy of the original French text, Libre Théâtre[3]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%27invite_le_colonel_!
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Labiche
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Michel
Facsimile version of the Dutch text of 1869, Google E-book[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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