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Les Pauvres de Paris ("The poor of Paris") is a drama in seven acts by Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisbarre (1815-1871)[1] and Eugène Nus (1816-1894)[2].
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The original text
First performed in Paris at the Théatre de l'Ambigu-Comique on 5 September, 1856.
Translations and adaptations
In dire need of money Dion Boucicault ()[] collaborated with three journalists - Seymour, Goodrich, and Warden - to adapt the French play into English as The Poor of New York. First performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1857, and published there by Samuel French in the same year as The Poor of New York. The play had a poor critical response, but was very popular with audiences, and was soon adapted to other cities where it was performed, usually billed under an appropriate name, including The Streets of New York, The Streets of Philadelphia, The Poor of the London Streets, The Poor of Liverpool , The Streets of Islington, The Streets of London, The Streets of Dublin, etc.
In the British colonies the play is perhaps best remembered as The Streets of London or The Streets of Dublin.
Filmed as The Streets of London in 1934 by
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed in English as The Streets of London by the Disney Roebuck company (managed by C. Wilstone) in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 29 August, with The Laughing Hyena (Webster).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Brisebarre
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Nus
Richard Fawkes. 2011. Dion Boucicault Ardent Media[3] By
The Streets of London, University of Kent Special Collections and Archives[4]
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 1932. (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: pp.203-205
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