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− | '''''The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte''''' is a 1977 play by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. The central character is Joséphine de Beauharnais (née Tascher de la Pagerie) (1763–1814) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9phine_de_Beauharnais] who, as the first wife of Napoleon I, was the first Empress of the French. | + | '''''The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte''''' is a 1977 play by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. The central character is the Creole beauty Joséphine de Beauharnais (née Tascher de la Pagerie) (1763–1814) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9phine_de_Beauharnais] who, as the first wife of Napoleon I, was the first Empress of the French. |
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The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte is a 1977 play by Pieter-Dirk Uys. The central character is the Creole beauty Joséphine de Beauharnais (née Tascher de la Pagerie) (1763–1814) [1] who, as the first wife of Napoleon I, was the first Empress of the French.
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A play about **. First produced in 1977 by UCT students, Margot de Villiers, Robin Lake, John Caviggia – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys.
Ron Smerczak starred in the play together with Jacqui Singer and Michael McCabe directed by William Egan and staged by PACT at the Alexander in August 1983. {Name of the text} is a {play/film/cabaret/farce/TV drama, etc} by {author's name, dates, and [link to website with biography], if available
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