La Sirène de Paris
La Sirène de Paris is a drama in five acts and six tableaux by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887)[1] and Xavier de Montépin (1823-1902)[2]
Contents
The original text
Published in Paris by M. Lévy fr. in 1860, first performed at the Théâtre De L'Ambigu-Comique, paris, on 19 April 1860.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English as The Syren of Paris, a romantic drama in two acts by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[]
Publisher William Hailes Lacy, 1860,
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed in English as The Syren of Paris in the Theatre Royal by the Garrison Players on 19 October, with The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1860 edition of the French text[3]
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Syren_of_Paris.html?id=dX3bngEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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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