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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].~~	+	#REDIRECT [[MouMou]]
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−	~~==The original text==~~
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−	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.
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~Filmed as ''~~[[MouMou~~]]'' in 1951~~
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−	~~Translated into English as '''''Pyjama Tops''''' by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.~~
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−	~~Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Jôli-Jôli''''' by [[Mikro]].~~
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−	~~Made into a 1983 film by Robert Iscove, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385926/]~~
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−	~~== 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]].
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−	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]].
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−	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]].
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−	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]].
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−	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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−	~~== Sources ==~~
−	~~The [[Brian Brooke Company]] theatre programme (undated).~~
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−	~~[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas\|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.~~
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−	~~[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1977.~~
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−	~~[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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		+	Filmed as ''[[MouMou]]'' in 1951

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

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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].		''[[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].
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	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.

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
 Translated into English as '''''Pyjama Tops''''' by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.
 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Jôli-Jôli''''' by [[Mikro]].
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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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].	+	''[[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].

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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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].
+''[[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].
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 : [[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 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]].

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	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]].		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]].
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		+	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 ==		== Sources ==

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 The [[Brian Brooke Company]] theatre programme (undated).
-Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
+[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
 [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1977.

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 -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]], [[Ivor Berold]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Volenté Bertotti]], [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Charmaine Jay]], [[Tinah Lebea]] and [[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. Elliot]], [[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]].
 == Sources ==