Le Tonnelier
Le Tonnelier ("the cooper") is a one act opéra-comique[1], by Nicolas-Médard Audinot (1732 - 1801)[2] and François-Antoine Quétant (1733-1823). .
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Original Text
First performed in Paris by the Comédiens Italiens ordinaires du Roi on 16 March 1765.
Published in Paris in 1765.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1803: Performed in the African Theatre by the Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap under the leadership of C.M. Villet on Saturday 15 October with Les Jardiniers (Davesne). (Wrongly announced as Le Tonelier by either Villet or the newspaper cited.)
1804: Performed in the African Theatre by the Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap under the leadership of C.M. Villet on Saturday 7 January with Annette et Lubin (Favart).
1809: Performed by Tot Nut en Vermaak in French on 24 April, in the African Theatre, along with Robert, Chef de Brigands (Lamartélière).
Sources
Facsimile version of the original text of 1765, Bibliothèque nationale de France [3]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-M%C3%A9dard_Audinot
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 88-9, 110, 126,
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