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Les Dominos Roses is a farce by Alfred Hennequin (1842–1887)[1] and Alfred Hennequin. .
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The original text
It tells of a plan by two wives to test their husbands' fidelity at a masked ball and a mischievous maid who causes comic complications by wearing a gown similar to those worn by the wives. First performed in Paris in 1876.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as The Pink Dominos, a farce in three acts, by James Albery (1838-1889)[2]. The English piece opened on March 31, 1877 and was exceptionally successful, running for a record-setting 555 performances at the Criterion Theatre, London.
The French play also formed the basis of Der Opernball ("The Opera Ball", 1898)[3], a German operetta in three acts with by Richard Heuberger, Viktor Léon and Heinrich von Waldberg as well as To-Night's the Night (1914)[4], a musical comedy by Paul Rubens, Percy Greenbank and Fred Thompson.
Performance history in South Africa
1893: Performed in English as The Pink Dominos in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a short season.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pink_Dominos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Albery
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.516[5]
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.395,
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