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''[[Les Intrigants, ou Assaut de Fourberies]]'' ("The schemers, or assault by trickery") is a French  comedy in three acts by Dumaniant (pseud. of Antoine Jean Bourlin, 1752-1828).

== The original text == 

First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 6 August 1787. Printed 1788 by Chaillau, rue Galande 64, Paris.

==Translations and adaptations==

According to Worp (1908) translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Tot Middernacht, of List tegen List]]'' ("Till Midnight, or ) by B. Ruloffs in 1790, and by A. Maas in 1791.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1824: A [[Dutch]] play by the name ''[[Tot Middernacht, of List tegen List]]'' was performed in Cape own by [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] on 23 October, with ''[[De Echtgenoot Kluizenaar]]'' (Kotzebue). However, according to the publicity material cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], as well as Van der Aa's  ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'' (1869) it is a translation of Dumaniant's earlier play ''[[Guerre-Ouverte, ou Ruse contre Ruse]]'' (1786), the play on which Mrs Inchbald's play ''[[The Midnight Hour]]'' was also based.

== Sources ==

J.A. Worp, Geschiedenis van het drama en van het tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2. Wolters, Groningen 1907. Fotomechanische herdruk Fa. Langerveld, Rotterdam (ca. 1972): p.309[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0019.php]

A.J. van der Aa, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 12. Eerste stuk. J.J. van Brederode, Haarlem 1869[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/aa__001biog14_01/aa__001biog14_01_0028.php] 

Digital Text of ''Les Intrigants'', University of Warwick Library [http://contentdm.warwick.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/Revolution/id/9638]

[[Worldcat]] entry on ''Les Intrigants''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/intrigants-ou-assaut-de-fourberies-comedie-en-trois-actes-et-en-prose-par-m-dumaniant-pseud-de-a-j-bourlin/oclc/420806724]

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumaniant

Digital Text of ''Les Intrigants'', [[Google Books]][http://books.google.co.za/books?id=XTM3-7M_TQgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0]


[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 280, 

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