Michel et Christine
Michel et Christine is a one act vaudeville by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[1] and Henri Dupin (1791-1887)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, on 3 December, 1821, published 1821.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as Love in Humble Life by John Howard Payne[2].
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Thursday, February 14th, 1822.
Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by G.H. Davidson (London) in 1830.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
http://data.bnf.fr/39500292/michel_et_christine_spectacle_1821/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009751190
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Payne
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 207, 394,
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