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''[[The Cunning Wife, or The Lover in the Sack]]'' is the first known production of an original ''ballet-pantomime''(or ''ballet d'action''[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_d%27action]) to be staged in South Africa. 

The provenance of the original text is unknown, but it was choreographed and staged by a [[Mr Petersen|J.L. Petersen]] and his pupils in the [[Afrikaansche Schouwburg]] on Monday 28 June , 1802,  in celebration of the King's birthday. It was performed alongside ''[[The Little Hunchback, or A Frolic in Bagdad]]'' (O'Keeffe), the interlude of ''[[The Magic Zone]]'' and ''[[The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphosed]]'' (Coffey). 


== Sources ==

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_d%27action

[[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/]: pp.68-9., 109

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