Les Précieuses ridicules

("The Ridiculous Précieuses" or "The Affected Ladies") is a one-act satire by Molière in prose.

The play was first produced in Paris on 18 November 1659 at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Belachelyke Hoofsche Juffers by Pieter de Lacroix (published by Jacob Lescailje in 1685 and by Izaak Duim, 1753)

Performance history in South Africa

1809: Performed in the original French in Cape Town on 29 August, 1809 by local amateurs led by J. Riaux. Followed by something listed as a "Cantasmagorie" (possibly a misprint for "La Fantasmagorie" suggests Bosman) and a ballet by the pupils of Riaux.

1819: Performed on 7 August, 1819 in Dutch, as the afterpiece to De Speler (Iffland), by the local amateur group Men Doet Wat Men Kan, under the title De Belagchelyke Juffers. According to F.C.L. Bosman the translation/adaptation was by Bouberg Wilson (i.e. S.J. Bouberg Wilson), though this seems highly unlikely, as Mrs Bouberg Wilson's version was only published in 1889 by Rössing.

Sources

Cope of original Dutch text, Google Books[1]

http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=author:"Bouberg Wilson, S.J."&formQuery=author:"Bouberg Wilson, S.J."

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/De_belachelyke_hoofsche_juffers.html?id=vzJ1OwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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