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A general English name given to an amateur theatrical company known as [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] in [[Dutch]].  
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A general English name given to an amateur theatrical company known as [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] in [[Dutch]], or at times to C.E. Boniface's multilingual company  [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].  
  
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'''See [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] and  [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].'''  
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[[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] (also referred to as [[Een Fransch Gezelschap van Liefhebbers van het Theater]] in some instances, or simply [[The French Company]] in English) was an amateur company active in Cape Town in the Batavian period, (1803-1806). Performing in the [[African Theatre]] with the motto [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] (which they never used as a name however), it was run by French and [[Dutch]] citizens.  In the earlier period (1803-1805) it appears to have been run by [[Charles Mathurin Villet]], with [[Mr Delémery]] (possibly a passing professional actor on his way to Mauritius) as a leading figure from 1805 onwards. Later the names of [[Mr Nelson|Nelson]] and [[Mr Martin|Martin]] are given as directors. 
 
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The group performed a large number of French plays in the original language, including:
 
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In 1803: ''[[Les Prisonniers de Guerre]]'' (Rousseau),  ''[[Arlequin Afficheur]]'' (Desfontaines and Barré),  ''[[Les Deux Jumeaux de Bergame]]'' (De Florian), ''[[Le Revanche Forceé]]'', ''[[Toinon et Tounette]]'' (Desboulmiers), ''[[Le Tableau Parlant]]'' (Anseaume), ''[[Le Tonnellier]]'' (Audinot), ''[[Pygmalion]]'' (Rousseau), ''[[Le Directeur de la Comedie]]''
 
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Later [[Mr Nelson|Nelson]] and [[Mr Martin|Martin]] are given as directors.
 
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They performed a large number of French plays in the original language, including .
 
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This particular French company declined after 1806 and had apparently died out by the end of 1809.
 
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In 1814 French theatre would be briefly revived once more under the guidance of [[C.E. Boniface]] and his multilingual company [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].
 
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== Sources ==
 
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[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp 83-92; 116-7; .
 
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:56, 22 March 2016

A general English name given to an amateur theatrical company known as Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap in Dutch, or at times to C.E. Boniface's multilingual company Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense.

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