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| − | ''[[Les | + | ''[[Les Trois Africaines]]'' ("The three Africans") is a one-act comedy by an unknown author, for no other information is provided by the source, [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928, p.90). (Apparently Bosman's own source wrongly lists the title as ''[[Le Trois Africaines]]''.) |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:44, 4 July 2017
Les Trois Africaines ("The three Africans") is a one-act comedy by an unknown author, for no other information is provided by the source, F.C.L. Bosman (1928, p.90). (Apparently Bosman's own source wrongly lists the title as Le Trois Africaines.)
The original text
It may possibly be a version of Les Nègres, a comedy in one act and in prose, by Louis-Edme Billardon de Sauvigny (1783).
See also Les Nègres.
Performance history in South Africa
1804: Performed under the title of Le trois Africaines in the original French by Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap ("The French Amateur Company"), led by Charles Mathurin Villet, in the African Theatre on 23 June 1804. Also played was Le Médecin Malgré Lui.
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Les_N%C3%A8gres.html?id=Dny1PgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 90
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