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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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Revision as of 05:57, 31 May 2020
Les Pattes de Mouche ("the of the fly") is a comedy in three acts by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908)[1]
Contents
The original text
Originally written and performed in 1860, it was Sardou's first real success and would go on to see 52 editions published between 1860 and 1978 in four languages.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English as A Scrap of Paper, a comedy in three acts by John Palgrave Simpson ()[], and first performed in London in 1861.
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorien_Sardou
"Sardou, Victorien 1831-1908", WorldCat[2]
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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