Le Paysan, Soldat Malgré Lui

Le Paysan, Soldat Malgré Lui is the title of a one-act play performed in Cape Town on 12 August 1805 by the French Amateur Company, with Monsieur Delémery in the lead.

The original text

Nothing of substance is known about this text, through François Parfaict and Claude Parfaict (Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris, 1756:p.194[1]) do mention a one-act verse play called Le Soldat Poltron, also known as Soldat Malgré Lui, ou l'Epreuve Amoreuse by an anonymous author. (Bosman, 1928: p 91 suggests either Rosigmond or Chevalier as authors.)

Translations and adaptations

This was quite probably an adaptation by Monsieur Delémery of Le Soldat Poltron, or a similar French work.

Performance history in South Africa

1805: Performed in Cape Town on 12 August by the French Amateur Company, with Monsieur Delémery in the lead. Also presented were

Sources

Facsimile version of the Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris, Google E-book[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=sK5AAAAAYAAJ&dq=Arlequin,+soldat+malgr%C3%A9+lui&hl=af&source=gbs_navlinks_s]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.

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