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He sold tickets for performances, along with his contemporaries [[Mr Bourcherville]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]] and most probably worked with them and the company   
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He sold tickets for performances, along with his contemporaries [[C.E. Boniface]], [[Mr Bourcherville]], [[L. Meurant]] and [[J. Riaux]] and most probably worked with them and the company [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]].  
  
 
On 15 July 1811 he produced a French play in five acts, ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'', with his young students (under 14 years of age) in Cape Town.  
 
On 15 July 1811 he produced a French play in five acts, ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'', with his young students (under 14 years of age) in Cape Town.  

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(17**-18**) French teacher and theatre entrepeneur at the Cape during the early 1800s.


Biography

Contribution to South African theatre

He sold tickets for performances, along with his contemporaries C.E. Boniface, Mr Bourcherville, L. Meurant and J. Riaux and most probably worked with them and the company Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap.

On 15 July 1811 he produced a French play in five acts, Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable, with his young students (under 14 years of age) in Cape Town.


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Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 129

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