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| − | ''[[Les | + | ''[[Les Fêtards]]'' ("The revellers") is a French operetta in 3 acts and 4 tableaux by Antony Mars (1862-1915) and Maurice Hennequin (1863-1926), with music by Victor Roger (1853-1903)[]. |
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | First performed in the Théâtre du Palais Royal, Paris, on 28 October, 1897. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Adapted into English as '''''[[Kitty Grey]]''''' by J. Smyth Pigott ()[] | + | Adapted into English as a musical comedy called '''''[[Kitty Grey]]''''' by J. Smyth Pigott ()[] |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 6 June 2020
Les Fêtards ("The revellers") is a French operetta in 3 acts and 4 tableaux by Antony Mars (1862-1915) and Maurice Hennequin (1863-1926), with music by Victor Roger (1853-1903)[].
Contents
The original text
First performed in the Théâtre du Palais Royal, Paris, on 28 October, 1897.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English as a musical comedy called Kitty Grey by J. Smyth Pigott ()[]
Performance history in South Africa
1902: Performed in English as Kitty Grey by an unnamed Gaiety Company in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a short season.
Sources
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 71). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[1]
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.411-2
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