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''[[MouMou]]'' is a 1944 farce for adult audiences by French playwright Jean de Létraz (1897-1954) [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9traz].

==The original text==

The husband is planning a business trip for philandering purposes; his wife secretly invites this same voluptuous girl to spend the weekend. The husband is trapped. Out of the blue an old friend appears, with hands aflutter, followed by a gendarme who delights in ''cherchez les femmes''. There is also a devilish looking butler, a maid practicing to be a cocotte, and some wildly artful dodging, all calculated to keep the audience laughing.

==Translations and adaptations==

Filmed as ''[[MouMou]]'' in 1951

Translated into English as '''''Pyjama Tops''''' by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.

Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Jôli-Jôli''''' by [[Mikro]].

Made into a 1983 film by Robert Iscove, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385926/]

== Performance history in South Africa ==
1963: ''Pyjama Tops'', the English translation, staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in the [[Brooke Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Valerie Miller]], with [[Leonne Carnot]] (Claudine), [[Roger Spence]] (Inspector Legrand), [[Nina Alova]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Victor Melleney]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Brian Brooke]] (Leonard Jolijoli), [[Elaine Lee]] (Babette Latouche) and [[Bill Brewer]] (Jacques). decor by [[Pamela Lewis]].

1977: [[PACT]] staged the [[Mikro]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''Jôli-Jôli'' in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], featuring [[Harriet Pienaar]] (Claudine), [[David van der Merwe]] (Inspekteur Legrand), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Babette Latouche), and [[John Harley]] (Jacques). Decor by [[Jan Hamers]] and costumes by [[Anthoinette Lombard]].

1979-80: ''Pyjama Tops'', the English translation, staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], opening 9 November, and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Alexander Doré]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Ivan Berold]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Volenté Bertotti]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Charmaine Jay]], [[Tinah Lebea]] and [[Martina Stockl|Martina Stöckl]].

1981: Another production of ''Pyjama Tops'', staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], this time directed by [[Peter J. Elliott]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Caroline Fox]], [[Michael Findlay]], [[Jimmy Thompson]], [[Kryska Witkowska]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Tinah Lebea]], [[Bernadine Bezuidenhout]] and [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]].

Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by [[SUKOVS]], entitled ''[[Jollie-Jollie]]'', date unknown.{Folder containing three mounted black and white photographs of [[Hannes Muller]], [[Elzette Maarschalk]] and [[Michelle Burgess]] in scenes from the [[PACOFS]] production of ''Jollie, jollie'', held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Performing Arts Council Orange Free State (PACOFS)]: 2009. 67. 1. 2. 21).

== Sources ==
The [[Brian Brooke Company]] theatre programme (undated).

[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.

[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1977.

[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: ''Pyjama Tops'', the English translation, staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in the [[Brooke Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Valerie Miller]], with [[Leonne Carnot]] (Claudine), [[Roger Spence]] (Inspector Legrand), [[Nina Alova]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Victor Melleney]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Brian Brooke]] (Leonard Jolijoli), [[Elaine Lee]] (Babette Latouche) and [[Bill Brewer]] (Jacques). decor by [[Pamela Lewis]].
+: ''[[Pyjama Tops]]'', the English translation, staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in the [[Brooke Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Valerie Miller]], with [[Leonne Carnot]] (Claudine), [[Roger Spence]] (Inspector Legrand), [[Nina Alova]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Victor Melleney]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Brian Brooke]] (Leonard Jolijoli), [[Elaine Lee]] (Babette Latouche) and [[Bill Brewer]] (Jacques). decor by [[Pamela Lewis]].
-: [[PACT]] staged the [[Mikro]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''Jôli-Jôli'' in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], featuring [[Harriet Pienaar]] (Claudine), [[David van der Merwe]] (Inspekteur Legrand), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Babette Latouche), and [[John Harley]] (Jacques). Decor by [[Jan Hamers]] and costumes by [[Anthoinette Lombard]].
+: [[PACT]] staged the [[Mikro]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''[[Jôli-Jôli]]'' in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], featuring [[Harriet Pienaar]] (Claudine), [[David van der Merwe]] (Inspekteur Legrand), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Babette Latouche), and [[John Harley]] (Jacques). Decor by [[Jan Hamers]] and costumes by [[Anthoinette Lombard]].
--80: ''Pyjama Tops'', the English translation, staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], opening 9 November, and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Alexander Doré]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Ivan Berold]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Volenté Bertotti]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Charmaine Jay]], [[Tinah Lebea]] and [[Martina Stockl|Martina Stöckl]].
+-80: ''[[Pyjama Tops]]'', the English translation, staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], opening 9 November, and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Alexander Doré]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Ivan Berold]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Volenté Bertotti]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Charmaine Jay]], [[Tinah Lebea]] and [[Martina Stockl|Martina Stöckl]].
-: Another production of ''Pyjama Tops'', staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], this time directed by [[Peter J. Elliott]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Caroline Fox]], [[Michael Findlay]], [[Jimmy Thompson]], [[Kryska Witkowska]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Tinah Lebea]], [[Bernadine Bezuidenhout]] and [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]].
+: Another production of ''[[Pyjama Tops]]'', staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], this time directed by [[Peter J. Elliott]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Caroline Fox]], [[Michael Findlay]], [[Jimmy Thompson]], [[Kryska Witkowska]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Tinah Lebea]], [[Bernadine Bezuidenhout]] and [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]].
 Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by [[SUKOVS]], entitled ''[[Jollie-Jollie]]'', date unknown.{Folder containing three mounted black and white photographs of [[Hannes Muller]], [[Elzette Maarschalk]] and [[Michelle Burgess]] in scenes from the [[PACOFS]] production of ''Jollie, jollie'', held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Performing Arts Council Orange Free State (PACOFS)]: 2009. 67. 1. 2. 21).

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Filmed as ''[[MouMou]]'' in 1951
+Filmed in French as ''[[MouMou]]'' in 1951, directed by René Jayet.
 Translated into English as '''''Pyjama Tops''''' by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.