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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == |
Revision as of 07:22, 17 May 2016
Les Jardiniers ("The gardeners") is a musical comedy[1] in two acts by Bertin Davesne (fl. 1765-1774) with music by M. Prudent.
Contents
The original text
First performed in Paris by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi, on 15 July 1771 and shown at court in 16 December 1771. Published in Paris at La Veuve Allouel, Quay des Gévres in 1772.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Tuiniers by J. T. Neyts
Performance history in South Africa
1803: Performed in the African Theatre by the French Company under the leadership of C.M. Villet on Saturday 13 August with Toinon et Toinette (Desboulmiers and Gossec), Le Tableau Parlant (Anseaume), and Le Tonnelier (Audinot).
Sources
http://data.bnf.fr/10348301/bertin_davesne/
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 88,
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