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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 16 January, 1860.
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It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 16 January, 1860 and published by Editions Michel Lévy frères in the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:49, 19 April 2020

J'invite le Colonel! is a comedy with music in one act by Eugène-Marin Labiche [1] and Marc-Michel (1812-1868)[2]

The original text

It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 16 January, 1860 and published by Editions Michel Lévy frères in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

A Dutch adaptation called Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel was done by an unknown author and published by G. Theod. Bom, Amsterdam, 1869.

Performance history in South Africa

1895: A play referred to as Uitgaan was twice performed in Pretoria in this year, probably by the Rederijkerskamer Onze Taal. F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 484) suggests this may have been a version of Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel.

Sources

https://libretheatre.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/j_invite_le_colonel_Labiche_LT.pdf

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Labiche

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Michel

Facsimile version of the Dutch text of 1869, Google E-book[3]

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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