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Written (1846-1849*??) in verse and prose and in dramatic form and including songs and music. Though containing satiric and barbed commentary, they were primarily intended to make his students and the public conversant with French, even though some of the pieces were also in [[Dutch]] (''[[Myn Ouwe Snoek in de Pekel]]'') and English (''[[Paddiscordion]]''). | Written (1846-1849*??) in verse and prose and in dramatic form and including songs and music. Though containing satiric and barbed commentary, they were primarily intended to make his students and the public conversant with French, even though some of the pieces were also in [[Dutch]] (''[[Myn Ouwe Snoek in de Pekel]]'') and English (''[[Paddiscordion]]''). | ||
| − | No 2 of the series for example had the title: ''[[La Mort du Latanier et la metamorphose de ses feuilles en papilotes]]'' and is described as a "vaudeville à grand spectacle" in two parts. | + | No 2 of the series for example had the title: ''[[Le Latanier]]'', the sub-title ''[[La Mort du Latanier et la metamorphose de ses feuilles en papilotes]]'' and is described as a "vaudeville à grand spectacle" in two parts. |
No record of performances have been found, though they most probably were performed by amateurs or school children on occasion. | No record of performances have been found, though they most probably were performed by amateurs or school children on occasion. | ||
Revision as of 06:43, 16 September 2016
The Bluettes Franco-Nataliennes is series of monthly publications by C.E.Boniface The series title also occurs as De Natal Bluetts Dutch), The Natal Bluetts or The Natal Bluettes (the latter two English, cited from William Groom, 1899 p. 479).
The full title for the series, as cited by F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 510), is: "Bluettes franco-natalienmes; ou recueil de contes, fables et autres petites pieces en verse et en prose à l'usage des etudians et des amateurs de la langue française dans le pays de Natal."
Written (1846-1849*??) in verse and prose and in dramatic form and including songs and music. Though containing satiric and barbed commentary, they were primarily intended to make his students and the public conversant with French, even though some of the pieces were also in Dutch (Myn Ouwe Snoek in de Pekel) and English (Paddiscordion).
No 2 of the series for example had the title: Le Latanier, the sub-title La Mort du Latanier et la metamorphose de ses feuilles en papilotes and is described as a "vaudeville à grand spectacle" in two parts.
No record of performances have been found, though they most probably were performed by amateurs or school children on occasion.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 121, 124, 269, 496
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