Le Tonnelier

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Le Tonnelier ("the cooper") is a one act opéra-comique[1], by Nicolas-Médard Audinot (1732 - 1801)[2] and François-Antoine Quétant (1733-1823). .

Original Text

First performed in Paris by the Comédiens Italiens ordinaires du Roi on 16 March 1765.

Published in Paris in 1765.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1803: Performed in the African Theatre by the Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap under the leadership of C.M. Villet on Saturday 15 October with Les Jardiniers (Davesne).

1804: Performed in the African Theatre by the Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap under the leadership of C.M. Villet on Saturday 7 January with Annette et Lubin (Favart). (Announced as Le Tonnellier)

1809: Performed (as Le Tonnellier) by Tot Nut en Vermaak in French on 24 April, in the African Theatre, along with Robert, Chef de Brigands (Lamartélière).

Sources

Facsimile version of the original text of 1765, Bibliothèque nationale de France [3]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-M%C3%A9dard_Audinot

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 88-9, 110, 126,

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