Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap - Revision history

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−	[[Monsieur Delémery]] (or [[Mr Delémery]]) (possibly a passing professional actor on his way to Mauritius) is mentioned once as a leading performer in 1803, then is not mentioned again till June 1805, when he reappears to have become the leading figure in the company, which on at least occasion (23 December, 1805) was referred to as "[[Les Amateurs de l'Isle de France]]", possibly because of the presence of a number of sailors from the ships ''Atalanta'' and ''Napoleon'' which had stranded in Table Bay and Hout Bay respectively in this time.	+	[[Monsieur Delémery]] (or [[Mr Delémery]]) (possibly a passing professional actor on his way to Mauritius) is mentioned once as a leading performer in 1803, then is not mentioned again till June 1805, when he reappears to have become the leading figure in the company, which on at least occasion (23 December, 1805) was referred to as "[[Les Amateurs de l'Isle de France]]", possibly because of the presence of a number of sailors from the ships ''Atalanta'' and ''Napoleon'' which had stranded in Table Bay and Hout Bay respectively in this time. This one time they apparently performed in a venue referred to as the [[Théâtre de la Société]] (lit. "the society theatre")

	The company appears to have amalgamated with another group of French theatre amateurs, and [[Monsieur Delémery\|Delémery]] became the leading force. They also began to play in [[Dutch]] as well, and announcements appear in [[Dutch]] and English once the British soldiers had returned to the Cape. In addition they appear to have acquired the use of a warehouse as theatre venue for a while, referred to as [[Fransche Liefhebbery Theatre]] in a [[Dutch]] advert cited by Bosman (1928: p. 92).		The company appears to have amalgamated with another group of French theatre amateurs, and [[Monsieur Delémery\|Delémery]] became the leading force. They also began to play in [[Dutch]] as well, and announcements appear in [[Dutch]] and English once the British soldiers had returned to the Cape. In addition they appear to have acquired the use of a warehouse as theatre venue for a while, referred to as [[Fransche Liefhebbery Theatre]] in a [[Dutch]] advert cited by Bosman (1928: p. 92).

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 There was a brief revival in 1808-1809, when a group of amateur and professional players, possibly remnants of [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]]'s  original company, with the young [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] very prominent, and [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]] still around, referred to as the "[[French Theatrical Company]]" or "[[French Theatre Company]]" , where they produced a number of French works, including ''[[Les Plaideurs]]'' (Racine), ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Pigault Lebrun),
-By the end of 1809 this group appears to have disappeared from the scene, with only a few French performances by semi-professional companies led by [[François Agron]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]],  and including some [[youth theatre]] by their ballet pupils, to follow in 1810-11. By then [[Dutch]] theatre (see [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] for example) and English theatre had again taken over in Cape Town. (For other French productiuons in this period see the entries on [[François Agron]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]]).
+By the end of 1809 this group appears to have disappeared from the scene, with only a few French performances by semi-professional companies led by [[François Agron]], [[Mr Bourcherville]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]]),  and including some [[youth theatre]] by their ballet pupils, to follow in 1810-11. By then [[Dutch]] theatre (see [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] for example) and English theatre had again taken over in Cape Town.
 Boniface would only resurface in theatre in the 1820s with his trilingual [[Dutch]]/French/English company, known by its motto [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].
 == Performances ==

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 There was a brief revival in 1808-1809, when a group of amateur and professional players, possibly remnants of [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]]'s  original company, with the young [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] very prominent, and [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]] still around, referred to as the "[[French Theatrical Company]]" or "[[French Theatre Company]]" , where they produced a number of French works, including ''[[Les Plaideurs]]'' (Racine), ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Pigault Lebrun),
-By the end of 1809 this group appears to have disappeared from the scene, with only a few French performances by semi-professional companies led by [[François Agron]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]],  and including some [[youth theatre]], to follow in 1810-11. By then [[Dutch]] theatre (see [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] for example) and English theatre had again taken over in Cape Town.
+By the end of 1809 this group appears to have disappeared from the scene, with only a few French performances by semi-professional companies led by [[François Agron]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]],  and including some [[youth theatre]] by their ballet pupils, to follow in 1810-11. By then [[Dutch]] theatre (see [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] for example) and English theatre had again taken over in Cape Town. (For other French productiuons in this period see the entries on [[François Agron]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]]).
 Boniface would only resurface in theatre in the 1820s with his trilingual [[Dutch]]/French/English company, known by its motto [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].

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 In 1809: ''[[Les Deux Frères, ou La Réconciliation]]'' (Kotzebue), ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Le Brun), ''[[Les Plaideurs]]'' (Racine), ''[[Le Derviche]]'' (De Saint-Foix), ''[[Le Tambour Nocturne, ou Le Mari Devin]]'' (Destouches), ''[[Les Jumeaux de Bergame]]'' (Florian), ''[[Le Jeu de l’Amour et du Hasard]]'' (Pierre de Marivaux), ''[[Les Deux Avares]]'' (De Quingey and Grétry),
-''[[La Paysanne Curieuse]]'' (Framery), ''[[Le Projet Manque]]'' (Desfontaines, Barré and Radet), ''[[Les Troubadours]]'' (Floquet), ''[[Robert, Chef de Brigands]]'' (Schiller/Lamartélière) ''[[Le Tonnelier]]'' (Audinot), ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' (Barago/Boniface), ''[[Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais]]'' (Anon), ''[[La Fantasmagorie]]'' (Anon), ''[[Les Fourberies de Scapin]]'' (Molière).
+''[[La Paysanne Curieuse]]'' (Framery), ''[[Le Projet Manque]]'' (Desfontaines, Barré and Radet), ''[[Les Troubadours]]'' (Floquet), ''[[Robert, Chef de Brigands]]'' (Schiller/Lamartélière) ''[[Le Tonnelier]]'' (Audinot), ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' (Barago/Boniface), ''[[Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais]]'' (Anon).
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 ''[[La Paysanne Curieuse]]'' (Framery), ''[[Le Projet Manque]]'' (Desfontaines, Barré and Radet), ''[[Les Troubadours]]'' (Floquet), ''[[Robert, Chef de Brigands]]'' (Schiller/Lamartélière) ''[[Le Tonnelier]]'' (Audinot), ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' (Barago/Boniface), ''[[Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais]]'' (Anon), ''[[La Fantasmagorie]]'' (Anon), ''[[Les Fourberies de Scapin]]'' (Molière).
-In 1810: ''[[Le Nid d'Amour]]'' in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Liefdesnest]]''),  ''[[Anacreontique]]'',  ''[[Le Somnambule ou Orgia]]'' (Pont-de-Vesle), ''[[Le Baiser]]'' (Florian).
+In 1810: ''[[Le Nid d'Amour]]'' (in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Liefdesnest]]''),  ''[[Anacreontique]]'',  ''[[Le Somnambule ou Orgia]]'' (Pont-de-Vesle), ''[[Le Baiser]]'' (Florian).
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 ===Brief revival under Boniface (1808-9) ===
-There was a brief revival in 1808-1809, when a group of amateur and professional players, possibly remnants of [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]]'s  original company, with the young [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] very prominent, and Villet still around, referred to as the "[[French Theatrical Company]]" or "[[French Theatre Company]]" , where they produced a number of French works, including ''[[Les Plaideurs]]'' (Racine), ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Pigault Lebrun),
+There was a brief revival in 1808-1809, when a group of amateur and professional players, possibly remnants of [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]]'s  original company, with the young [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] very prominent, and [[Charles Mathurin Villet|Villet]] still around, referred to as the "[[French Theatrical Company]]" or "[[French Theatre Company]]" , where they produced a number of French works, including ''[[Les Plaideurs]]'' (Racine), ''[[Le Petit Matelot, ou Le Mariage Impromptu]]'' (Pigault Lebrun),
-By the end of 1809 this group appears to have disappeared from the scene, with only a few French performances by semi-professional companies led by [[François Agron]], Meurant and Riaux,  and including some [[youth theatre]], to follow in 1810-11. By then English and Dutch theatre had taken over in Cape Town.
+By the end of 1809 this group appears to have disappeared from the scene, with only a few French performances by semi-professional companies led by [[François Agron]], Meurant and Riaux,  and including some [[youth theatre]], to follow in 1810-11. By then [[Dutch]] theatre (see [[Tot Nut en Vermaak]] for example) and English theatre had again taken over in Cape Town.
-Boniface would only resurface in theatre in the 1820s with his trilingual [[Dutch]]/French/English company,  performing under the motto [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]].
+Boniface would only resurface in theatre in the 1820s with his trilingual [[Dutch]]/French/English company, known by its motto [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].
 == Performances ==