Arlequin Afficheur
Arlequin Afficheur is a "Comédie-Parade" in one act, with songs by François-Georges Desfontaines (1733-1825)[1] (also known as Desfontaines-Lavallée), Pierre-Yves Barré (1749 -1832)[2] and Jean-Baptiste Radet ( 1752-1830)[3].
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First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, on 9 April, 1792. Published in Paris by Brunet.
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Performances in South Africa
1803: Performed on 23 March in the African Theatre, Cape Town by a company of "French lovers of the theatre", later referred to as the French Amateurs, with Les Prisonniers de Guerre (Rousseau).
1803: Planned for 11 June but finally performed on 18 June (due to the indisposition of the musicians) in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the French Amateurs under the direction of Villet, with Les Deux Jumeaux de Bergame (De Florian) and La Revanche Forcée (Jacques Marie Deschamps).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 85, 110.
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