Les Trois Chapeaux
Les Trois Chapeaux ("The three hats") is a French comedy in three acts by by Alfred Hennequin (1842-1887)[1].
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The original text
First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 31 August 1871 and the text ublished in Paris by Michel-Lévy frères, in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Freely translated into Dutch as De Drie Hoeden ("The three hats") by A. Wijnstok;
Performance history in South Africa
1891: Performed in Dutch as De Drie Hoeden by the rederijkerskamer Oefening Baart Kunst in the President Theatre, Pretoria in December (no author mentioned).
Sources
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7900443
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hennequin
Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.485.
P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica.
Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.
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