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''[[Bébé]]'' is a French comedy by  in three acts by Émile de Najac and Alfred Hennequin
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''[[Bébé]]'' is a French comedy by  in three acts by Émile de Najac (1828-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_de_Najac] and Alfred-Néoclès Hennequin (1842-1887)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hennequin].
  
Also found as ''[[Bébe]]''
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==The original text==
  
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First performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase,  Paris, on 10 March, 1877. Published by A. Allouard, 1877.
  
Théâtre du Gymnase. Published by A. Allouard, 1877.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
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Adapted into English as '''''[[Betsy]]'''''  by F.C. Burnand (1836–1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand].
  
Adapted into English as ''[[Betsy]]''  by F.C. Burnand (1836–1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand].
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First performed in London on August 6th, 1879.
  
Written and first performed on August 6th, 1879.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1893: Performed in English as ''[[Betsy]]'' in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]], in April.
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== Sources ==
  
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/B%C3%A9b%C3%A9.html?id=ggzXmgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/B%C3%A9b%C3%A9.html?id=ggzXmgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
  
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/bebe-comedie-en-3-actes-par-emile-de-najac-et-alfred-hennequin-paris-gymnase-10-mars-1877/oclc/458818666
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_de_Najac
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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hennequin
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"Scenes from Bebe, comedy in three acts by Najac and Hennequin at Theatre du Gymnase: Paris, France", illustration by Smeeton Tilly from LIllustration, Journal Universel, No 1778, Volume LXIX, March 24, 1877, Getty Images[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/scenes-from-bebe-comedy-in-three-acts-by-najac-and-stock-graphic/926828746]
  
 
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001908267
 
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001908267
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 395
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:16, 18 April 2018

Bébé is a French comedy by in three acts by Émile de Najac (1828-1889)[1] and Alfred-Néoclès Hennequin (1842-1887)[2].

The original text

First performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, on 10 March, 1877. Published by A. Allouard, 1877.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English as Betsy by F.C. Burnand (1836–1917)[3].

First performed in London on August 6th, 1879.

Performance history in South Africa

1893: Performed in English as Betsy in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Emilie Bevan Comedy Company, in April.

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/B%C3%A9b%C3%A9.html?id=ggzXmgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.worldcat.org/title/bebe-comedie-en-3-actes-par-emile-de-najac-et-alfred-hennequin-paris-gymnase-10-mars-1877/oclc/458818666

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_de_Najac

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hennequin

"Scenes from Bebe, comedy in three acts by Najac and Hennequin at Theatre du Gymnase: Paris, France", illustration by Smeeton Tilly from LIllustration, Journal Universel, No 1778, Volume LXIX, March 24, 1877, Getty Images[4]

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001908267

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 395

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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