Les Plaideurs
Les Plaideurs ("The Litigants) is a comedy in three acts by Jean Racine (1639–1699)[1]
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Inspired by The Wasps[2] by Aristophanes, the non-political French farce was written in 1668, first performed late in 1668 at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris and published in 1669. It is the only comedy Racine wrote.
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Performance history in South Africa
1809: Produced in French by C.E. Boniface with the French Theatrical Company on 22 February in the African Theatre, with Le Derviche (De Saint-Foix).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Racine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Plaideurs
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 125, 171
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