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[[The French Company]] is generic English name given at times to 19th century amateur or professional theatrical companies performing in French. Among them [[Charles Mathurin Villet]]'s bilingual ([[Dutch]]/French) company [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]  and [[Charles Etienne Boniface]]'s multilingual company  [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]], both active in Cape Town in the early 1800s.  
 
[[The French Company]] is generic English name given at times to 19th century amateur or professional theatrical companies performing in French. Among them [[Charles Mathurin Villet]]'s bilingual ([[Dutch]]/French) company [[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]  and [[Charles Etienne Boniface]]'s multilingual company  [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]], both active in Cape Town in the early 1800s.  
  
See: '''[[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]'''  and  '''[[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].'''  
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For French performances see: '''[[Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap]]'''  and  '''[[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]].'''  
  
Performed ''[[ Barnabas]]'' by Holberg on 18 May 1804 in Cape Town to collect money to repair the Drostdy at Stellenbosch, which had burnt down.
 
  
 
'''See also [[French theatre in South Africa]]'''
 
'''See also [[French theatre in South Africa]]'''

Revision as of 05:52, 23 March 2016

The French Company is generic English name given at times to 19th century amateur or professional theatrical companies performing in French. Among them Charles Mathurin Villet's bilingual (Dutch/French) company Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap and Charles Etienne Boniface's multilingual company Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense, both active in Cape Town in the early 1800s.

For French performances see: Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap and Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense.


See also French theatre in South Africa


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