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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated and adapted into English as ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' by  
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Translated and adapted into English as ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' by John Howard Payne[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Payne].  
Adapted from Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)  and Henri Dupin's French play ''[[Michel et Christine]]''.
 
  
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Thursday, February 14th, 1822.     
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Thursday, February 14th, 1822.     

Revision as of 05:45, 17 April 2017

Michel et Christine is a one act vaudeville by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[1] and Henri Dupin (1791-1887)


The original text

First performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, on 3 December, 1821, published 1821.

Translations and adaptations

Translated and adapted into English as Love in Humble Life by John Howard Payne[2].

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Thursday, February 14th, 1822.

Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by G.H. Davidson (London) in 1830.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://data.bnf.fr/39500292/michel_et_christine_spectacle_1821/

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.

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