The French Company

The general name given to an amateur theatrical company active in Cape Town in the Batavian period, (1803-1806). In the earlier period it appears to have been run by Charles Mathurin Villet, with the motto Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense. They performed a large number of French plays in the original language, including .

Later Nelson and Martin are given as directors.

They performed a large number of French plays in the original language, including .

This particular French company declined after 1806 and had apparently died out by the end of 1808.

In 1814 French theatre would be revived once more under the guidance of C.E. Boniface and his company Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense.

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp 83-92; 116-7; .

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