De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest Onder den Tafel

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De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest Onder den Tafel ("The prevented dance party, or the orchestra under the table") is a one act comic opera by Pierre Yves Barré, E. T. Maurice Ourry

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Verhinderde Dansparty, of Het Orchest Onder den Tafel ("The prevented dance party, or the orchestra under the table") by Carel Alexander Van Ray. Published in Amsteldam by Abraham Mars, 1805.

The Dutch version also known simply as De Verhinderde Dansparty]].

Performance history in South Africa

1815: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense on 24 July as prelude to a performance of C.E. Boniface's grand ballet Sapho.


Sources

Facsimile version of the 1805 Dutch text, Google E-Book[1]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 138

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