French Theatre
The notion French Theatre occurs in a number of meanings, in various combinations.
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French Theatre as a genre
French Theatre can imply the Theatre of France[1] or it can mean Theatre in the French Language, i.e theatre written and performed in French anywhere in the world, including the former French colonial empire and the Francophone countries in the Caribbean and Africa.
See French Theatre in South Africa
French Theatre as the name for a company and/or venue
The French Theatre, Cape Town 1807-1808
Known as Den Franschen Schouwburg in Dutch, was founded in 1807 and run by C.E.Boniface. The first productions were in the French Theatre in Berg Street. From 1809 they appear to have amalgamated with the bilingual Dutch/French company Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense, and performed in the African Theatre.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_France
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: p. 277 [[ Jill Fletcher]], 1994
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