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1825: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Vrouw met Twee Mannen]]'' in Cape Town by [[C.E. Boniface]]'s society, [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]], on 20 August, with [[C.E. Boniface]]'s satire ''[[Limaçon de Dichter]]''. | 1825: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Vrouw met Twee Mannen]]'' in Cape Town by [[C.E. Boniface]]'s society, [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]], on 20 August, with [[C.E. Boniface]]'s satire ''[[Limaçon de Dichter]]''. | ||
| − | 1825: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Vrouw met Twee Mannen]]'' in Cape Town by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] on 15 October, with ''[[The Liar]]'' (Foote), and ending with a large scale ballet (a "Groot Finaal" or "Grand Finale") by the company. The cast for this play consisted of Messrs [[D. Disant]], [[H. Roselt]], [[C.E. Boniface]], [[M.C. Wolff]], [[F. Waldek]], [[H. Meurant]], [[W. Brandt]] and [[P. Biel]] and Misses [[C. Roselt]] and [[L. Meurant]], with additional young dancers , including Messrs [[J.M. Hancke]], [[H Russouw]], [[P. Theunissen]], [[J. Rouvière]], [[H. de Wet]], [[L. Rouvière]], [[A. Tromp]], and Misses [[J.C. Geyer]], [[ | + | 1825: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Vrouw met Twee Mannen]]'' in Cape Town by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] on 15 October, with ''[[The Liar]]'' (Foote), and ending with a large scale ballet (a "Groot Finaal" or "Grand Finale") by the company. The cast for this play consisted of Messrs [[D. Disant]], [[H. Roselt]], [[C.E. Boniface]], [[M.C. Wolff]], [[F. Waldek]], [[H. Meurant]], [[W. Brandt]] and [[P. Biel]] and Misses [[C. Roselt]] and [[L. Meurant]], with additional young dancers , including Messrs [[J.M. Hancke]], [[H Russouw]], [[P. Theunissen]], [[J. Rouvière]], [[H. de Wet]], [[L. Rouvière]], [[A. Tromp]], and Misses [[J.C. Geyer]], [[C. Rouvière]], [[C. Brink]], [[A. Siegruhn]], [[J. de Jongh]], [[E.A. Geyer]] and [[A. Hancke]]. |
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Revision as of 06:14, 16 June 2015
La Femme à Deux Maris ("The Wife With Two Husbands") is a tragedy in 3 acts by René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt[1] (1773 – 1844).
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on February 16, 1802 and published as a "mélo-drame en trois actes, en prose et à spectacle" in Paris in 1802.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Vrouw met Twee Mannen by C. A. van Ray, published by Van Kesteren, 1803.
Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed in Dutch as De Vrouw met Twee Mannen in Cape Town by C.E. Boniface's society, Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, on 20 August, with C.E. Boniface's satire Limaçon de Dichter.
1825: Performed in Dutch as De Vrouw met Twee Mannen in Cape Town by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense on 15 October, with The Liar (Foote), and ending with a large scale ballet (a "Groot Finaal" or "Grand Finale") by the company. The cast for this play consisted of Messrs D. Disant, H. Roselt, C.E. Boniface, M.C. Wolff, F. Waldek, H. Meurant, W. Brandt and P. Biel and Misses C. Roselt and L. Meurant, with additional young dancers , including Messrs J.M. Hancke, H Russouw, P. Theunissen, J. Rouvière, H. de Wet, L. Rouvière, A. Tromp, and Misses J.C. Geyer, C. Rouvière, C. Brink, A. Siegruhn, J. de Jongh, E.A. Geyer and A. Hancke.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Charles_Guilbert_de_Pix%C3%A9r%C3%A9court
http://www.worldcat.org/title/vrouw-met-twee-mannen-tooneelspel/oclc/63802825
Facsimile of 1802 French text, Google eBook[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 284-5, 294
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