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"Monsieur Jacques" in Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=NxIoMwEACAAJ&dq=editions:Cq1DusIABGcC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vUtIUtuFOZCshQf3toGIAw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw] | "Monsieur Jacques" in Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=NxIoMwEACAAJ&dq=editions:Cq1DusIABGcC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vUtIUtuFOZCshQf3toGIAw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw] | ||
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 430-432; | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 430-432; | ||
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Revision as of 05:00, 2 October 2016
Monsieur Jacques is a musical piece, with a libretto by Morris Barnett (1800 – 1856)[1] and music composed by John Barnett (1802-`1890)[2].
Contents
The original text
The play apparently created a furore when it was later performed at the St. James's Theatre, London in 1837, starring the author.
Published as Monsieur Jacques: A Musical Piece (with The Sergeant's Wife) by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1827. Apparently published with the music by John Barnett in 1836.
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[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnett
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 430-432;
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