Bobosse

Bobosse is a French comedy by André Roussin (1911–1987)[1],

Also known as Bobosse: suivi de Les oeufs de l'autruche

The original text

The play tells of Tony Varlet (also known as Bobosse) who is increasingly immersing himself into the world of theater and experiencing his role as an actor more intensively. He plays in a piece where a man is abandoned by his wife and processes this philosophically. When his wife actually abandons him, he becomes embarrassed and finally plans to kill her. (IMDb[2])

It had its première at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels on 9 February, 1950, followed by runs at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon (18 to 23 February) and the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris from 14 March, 1950.

The text first published in 1951.

Translations and adaptations

Filmed in 1959, directed by Etienne Périer.[3]

Translated into Afrikaans as Bobbeltjie by J.D. Stemmet,

Performance history in South Africa

1967: The Afrikaans version performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre (March 1967), directed by Fred Engelen, with Mees Xteen, Rahila Steyn, Johan Esterhuizen, Gretchen Holzapfel in the cast. (

Sources

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobosse_(pi%C3%A8ce_de_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Roussin

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149912/

Die Burger, 6 March 1967.

Listing of productions in the UTS programme for Arms and the Man, H.B. Thom Theatre, Stellenbosch, 1968 (held in ESAT Archive)

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