Décoré

Décoré is a French comedy in 3 acts by Henri Meilhac (1830–1897)[1]

Also found as Decoré or Décoré! in some sources.

The original text

First performed in Paris at the Théâtre des Variétés, on 27 January 1888. Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy in 1894.

Translations and adaptations

Translated and adapted into English as The Cuckoo by Charles H. Brookfield. This English version opened at Wallack's Theatre, New York on 3 April, 1899.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012509310

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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