François Agron

(17**-18**) French teacher and theatre entrepeneur at the Cape during the early 1800s.

He sold tickets for performances and worked with

On 15 July 1811 he produced a French play in five acts, Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable, with his young students (under 14 years of age) in Cape Town.

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Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 129

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