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 : The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond).
-: The Webster English version was performed as ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 6 July (and repeated on 6  September), with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly)
+: The Webster version was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 6 July (and repeated on 6  September), with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly)
-: The Webster English version performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, for four evenings (27 and 28 February, 1 and 4 March).
+: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, for four evenings (27 and 28 February, 1 and 4 March).
-: The Webster English version performed by [[Potter-Bellew Company]] under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], as part of their repertoire while on tour in South Africa.  They played the piece at the [[Exhibition Theatre]], during their sojourn in Cape Town.
+: The English version (now specifically credited to Webster) performed by [[Potter-Bellew Company]] under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], as part of their repertoire while on tour in South Africa.  They played the piece at the [[Exhibition Theatre]], during their sojourn in Cape Town.
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-According to Boonzaier (1923), there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds, but it nevertheless had a number of performances in Cape Town.
+According to Boonzaier (1923), initially there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds, but it nevertheless had a number of performances in Cape Town.
 : The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond).

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond) - though there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds.
+According to Boonzaier (1923), there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds, but it nevertheless had a number of performances in Cape Town.
 : The Webster English version was performed as ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 6 July (and repeated on 6  September), with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond) -though there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds.
+: The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond) - though there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds.
 : The Webster English version was performed as ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 6 July (and repeated on 6  September), with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond)
+: The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Dimond) -though there was some public disapproval of the play's content on moral grounds.
-: The Webster English version was performed as ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 6 July, with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' ()
+: The Webster English version was performed as ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 6 July (and repeated on 6  September), with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly)
 == Sources ==

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 [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.323-329, 366, 394
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ''[[Froufrou]]'' is a French play in five acts by Henri Mailhoc (1831-1897)[] and Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy].
-Also found as ''[[Frou Frou]]'' and ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' in various versions.
+Also found as '''''[[Frou Frou]]''''' and '''''[[Frou-Frou]]''''' in various versions.
 ==The original text==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The Webster English version was performed as ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]'' by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' ()
+: The Webster English version was performed as '''''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]''''' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' ()
 == Sources ==

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 Translated and adapted into English as ''[["Frou Frou"]]'' by Augustin Daly (1838-1899) and first performed in the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, on 15 February, 1870. Published in New York by [[Samuel French]], c1870 as no CCCLIX of French's Standard Drama. Subtitled "A Comedy of Powerful Human Interest".
-Another version, entitled ''[[Fou-Frou, or A School for Levity]]'' was written by Benjamin Webster, and first performed in the Brighton Theatre, on 14 March 1870 and at the St James Theatre, London on 14 April, 1870 (now renamed ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Passion]]''.
+Another version, entitled ''[[Fou-Frou, or A School for Levity]]'' was written by Benjamin Webster (the Younger), and first performed in the Brighton Theatre, on 14 March 1870 and at the St James Theatre, London on 14 April, 1870 (now renamed ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Passion]]''.
 Many film versions were made over the years, including a 1914 silent film by Eugene Moore;  ''[[Frou-Frou]]'', directed by Alfredo De Antoni (Italy, 1918), ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' directed by Otto Rippert (Germany, 1922), ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' directed by Guy du Fresnay (France, 1924);  ''[[Frou-Frou]]'' directed by Augusto Genina (1955, Italy), etc.