Le Commissaire est Bon Enfant
Le Commissaire est Bon Enfant ("The Chief is a nice fellow") is a French comedy in one act by Georges Courteline (1858-1929)[1] and Jules Lévy,
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The original text
First presented on 16 December 1899 in the on December 16, 1899 at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris and at the Théâtre Antoine on 9 February, 1900.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Stasiebevelvoerder by Fred le Roux (published by DALRO, 1990)
Performance history in South Africa
1978: Performed in Afrikaans as Die Stasiebevelvoerder by students of the Stellenbosch University Drama Department in the H.B. Thom Theatre in October.
Sources
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_commissaire_est_bon_enfant
Copy of the Afrikaans translation found in the Stellenbosch University drama archives. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch.
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