Moumou
Moumou is a 1944 farce for adult audiences by French playwright Jean de Létraz (1897-1954) [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as Pyjama Tops by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.
Translated into Afrikaans as Jôli-Jôli by Mikro.
Performance history in South Africa
1977: PACT staged the Mikro Afrikaans translation Jôli-Jôli in the Breytenbach Theatre in Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, directed by Louis van Niekerk, featuring Harriet Pienaar (Claudine), David van der Merwe (Inspekteur Legrand), Louise Mollett-Prinsloo (Yvonne Chauvinet), Louis van Niekerk (Georges Chauvinet), Gerben Kamper (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), Elise Hibbert (Babette Latouche), and John Harley (Jacques). Decor by Jan Hamers and costumes by Anthoinette Lombard.
Sources
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