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Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]]. | Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]]. | ||
| − | 1855: Performed on Monday 2 July 1855, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' (Dance),and ''[[Domestic Economy]]'' (Lemon); | + | 1855: Performed "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' (Dance),and ''[[Domestic Economy]]'' (Lemon); |
1855: Announced for Monday 9 July 1855 with ''[[Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy]]'' (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done. | 1855: Announced for Monday 9 July 1855 with ''[[Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy]]'' (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done. | ||
Revision as of 06:04, 1 October 2016
Monsieur Jacques is a musical piece by Morris Barnett (1800 – 1856)[1].
Contents
The original text
Performed and created a furore at the St. James's Theatre, London in 1837, starring the author.
Published by J. Miller 1836, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1837(?)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by Sefton Parry.
1855: Performed "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793 (Dance),and Domestic Economy (Lemon);
1855: Announced for Monday 9 July 1855 with Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done.
1855: Performed on Friday 13 July 1855 with A Capital Match (J.M. Morton) and The Cockney in Corsica (J.M. Morton).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Barnett
"Monsieur Jacques" in Google Books[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 430-432;
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