Le Paysan, Soldat Malgré Lui
Le Paysan, Soldat Malgré Lui is the title of a French one-act play by an anonymous author.
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The original text
Nothing of substance is known about this text, though François Parfaict and Claude Parfaict (Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris, 1756:p.194[1]) do mention a one-act verse play called Le Soldat Poltron (1668)[2], also known as Soldat Malgré Lui, ou l'Epreuve Amoreuse, written by Chevalier (pseudonym of Jean Simonin).
B. Babault (Annales dramatiques: ou, Dictionnaire général des théâtres Vol 8, 1811: p. 352 - Google E-Book [3] has Le Soldat Poltron, ou Le Soldat Malgré Lui a one act comedy by an anonymous author, also from 1668.
Translations and adaptations
F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 91) suggests that Chevalier's text may have been the original, and that Monsieur Delémery did an adaptation of it under the new title, for performance on his tour and more specifically in Cape Town. He also suggests whether it is not by Rosigmond
Performance history in South Africa
1805: Performed in French in Cape Town on 12 August by the French Amateur Company, with Monsieur Delémery in the lead. Also presented were Arlequin Protégé par Belphégor (a work devised by Delémery?) and Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris, Google E-book[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=sK5AAAAAYAAJ&dq=Arlequin,+soldat+malgr%C3%A9+lui&hl=af&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
http://bibliotheque-numerique.nimes.fr/fre/notices/163171-Le-Soldat-poltron-comedie.html
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp.
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