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Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]].  
 
Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]].  
  
1855: Performed "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' (Dance),and ''[[Domestic Economy]]'' (Lemon);  
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1855: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' (Dance),and ''[[Domestic Economy]]'' (Lemon);  
  
1855: Announced for Monday 9 July 1855 with  ''[[Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy]]'' (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done.   
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1855: Announced by [[Sefton Parry]] for Monday 9 July 1855 with  ''[[Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy]]'' (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done.   
  
1855: Performed on Friday 13 July 1855 with ''[[A Capital Match]]'' (J.M. Morton) and  ''[[The Cockney in Corsica]]'' (J.M. Morton).
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1855: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] on Friday 13 July 1855 with ''[[A Capital Match]]'' (J.M. Morton) and  ''[[The Cockney in Corsica]]'' (J.M. Morton).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:04, 1 October 2016

Monsieur Jacques is a musical piece by Morris Barnett (1800 – 1856)[1].


The original text

Performed and created a furore at the St. James's Theatre, London in 1837, starring the author.

Published by J. Miller 1836, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1837(?)

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by Sefton Parry.

1855: Performed by Sefton Parry "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793 (Dance),and Domestic Economy (Lemon);

1855: Announced by Sefton Parry for Monday 9 July 1855 with Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done.

1855: Performed by Sefton Parry on Friday 13 July 1855 with A Capital Match (J.M. Morton) and The Cockney in Corsica (J.M. Morton).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Barnett

"Monsieur Jacques" in Google Books[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 430-432;

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