Le Somnambule

A one act French comedy in prose.Bosman (1928: p128) wrongly lists it as by "Pont-De-Vesle", but actually by Antoine de Fériol de Pont-de-Veyle, one of the editors of the Bibliothèque dramatique de Pont de Vesle by Bibliophile Jacob.

First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de la rue des Fossés Saint-Germain, on 19 January 1739.

Performance history in South Africa

Performed in Cape Town by students of Mr M.J. Riaux, under his direction, followed by the ballet De Liefdenest (Riaux and Meurant).

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp 128

http://archive.org/details/bibliothquedra00pontuoft

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

Return to

Return to S in Plays II Foreign Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page