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The [[Dutch]] name for a French amateur theatre company founded in Cape Town in 1803 by [[Charles Mathurin Villet]]. He gathered a group of French and [[Dutch]] actors to present selections of both classical and Boulevard fare over the course of the next two years, performing under the French motto "[[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]]" (though the amateur company apparently never used the motto as name, this came later with [[C.E. Boniface]]). When doing French plays, the company was simply referred to as [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] ("The [[French Amateur Company]]"). | The [[Dutch]] name for a French amateur theatre company founded in Cape Town in 1803 by [[Charles Mathurin Villet]]. He gathered a group of French and [[Dutch]] actors to present selections of both classical and Boulevard fare over the course of the next two years, performing under the French motto "[[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]]" (though the amateur company apparently never used the motto as name, this came later with [[C.E. Boniface]]). When doing French plays, the company was simply referred to as [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]] ("The [[French Amateur Company]]"). | ||
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'''See further [[Charles Mathurin Villet]].''' | '''See further [[Charles Mathurin Villet]].''' | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 22 March 2016
The Dutch name for a French amateur theatre company founded in Cape Town in 1803 by Charles Mathurin Villet. He gathered a group of French and Dutch actors to present selections of both classical and Boulevard fare over the course of the next two years, performing under the French motto "Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense" (though the amateur company apparently never used the motto as name, this came later with C.E. Boniface). When doing French plays, the company was simply referred to as Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap ("The French Amateur Company").
See further Charles Mathurin Villet.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.84-174;
Du Toit, 1988
Fletcher, 1994;
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