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''[[Monet, Directeur de l'Opéra-Comique]]'' is a comedy in one act by Pierre-Yon Barré (1749-1832)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Yves_Barr%C3%A9], Jean-Baptiste Radet (1752-1830)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Radet] and François-Georges Desfontaines (1733-1825)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desfontaines-Lavall%C3%A9e] 


==The original text==

First performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, 22 July 1799 and published in Paris by Barba in 1802.

 

==Translations and adaptations==




== Performance history in South Africa ==

1803: Possibly the text performed as ''[[Le Directeur de Comedie]]'' by [[Monsieur Delemery]] and members of the [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]  ("The [[French Amateur Company]]") in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 29 October, 1803, with  ''[[Pygmalion]]'' (Rousseau).

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the 1802 French text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=AxDO15fLWdgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Le+Directeur+de+la+Comedie+un+opera+comique+par&source=bl&ots=Z3oVf9ONfK&sig=v9oC3cLyYjS6aPCTIx82rdiL-po&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIqvKyvK7OAhXiBcAKHTYEBOUQ6AEITjAG#v=onepage&q=Le%20Directeur%20de%20la%20Comedie%20un%20opera%20comique%20par&f=false] 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Yves_Barr%C3%A9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Radet

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desfontaines-Lavall%C3%A9e 

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 88

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