Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel
J'invite le Colonel! is a comedy with music in one act by Eugène-Marin Labiche and Marc Michel
Contents
The original text
Comédie en un acte, mêlée de couplets. Représentée pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le théâtre du Palais-Royal, le 16 janvier 1860.
Translations and adaptations
A Dutch adaptation by an unknown author was published by G. Theod. Bom, Amsterdam, 1869.
Performance history in South Africa
1895: A play referred to as Uitgaan was twice performed in Pretoria in this year, probably by the Rederijkerskamer Onze Taal. F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 484) suggests this may have been a version of Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel.
Sources
https://libretheatre.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/j_invite_le_colonel_Labiche_LT.pdf
Facsimile version of the Dutch text of 1869, Google E-book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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