Difference between revisions of "Le Comte de Comminge, ou Les Amans Malheureux"
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| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| − | 1809: | + | 1809: Performed in Cape Town on 23 October by a company of local enthusiasts, accompanied by a ballet in two acts, apparently announced as ''[[Ulysses op het Eiland van Circé]]'' (Calderon?), by a company of young people from the colony, probably adapted by their teacher. The evening's entertainment was presented as a benefit for local Widow in straitened circumstances. |
| + | 1809: Apparently repeated by the same company, but the accompanying ballet now expanded to three acts, though still with the title ''[[Ulysses op het Eiland van Circé]]'', as another benefit for the same Widow. | ||
| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | Facsimile version of the 1764 edition. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5457964j.r=] | ||
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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. 127 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:17, 5 October 2016
Le Comte de Comminge, ou Les Amans Malheureux is a verse play in three acts by François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard D'Arnaud (1718-1805)[]
The original text
Published by L'Esclapart (La Haye and et Paris) in 1764.
Performance history in South Africa
1809: Performed in Cape Town on 23 October by a company of local enthusiasts, accompanied by a ballet in two acts, apparently announced as Ulysses op het Eiland van Circé (Calderon?), by a company of young people from the colony, probably adapted by their teacher. The evening's entertainment was presented as a benefit for local Widow in straitened circumstances.
1809: Apparently repeated by the same company, but the accompanying ballet now expanded to three acts, though still with the title Ulysses op het Eiland van Circé, as another benefit for the same Widow.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1764 edition. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy.[2]: pp. 127
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
