Robert Macaire, or The Roadside Inn Turned Inside Out

Robert Macaire is a French burlesque drama in 4 acts and six scenes by Benjamin Antier (1787-1870), Saint-Amand (1797-1885) and Frédérick Lemaître, (1800-1876)

Also known as Robert-Macaire.

The original text

First performed at the Folies-Dramatiques on 14 June 1834. It was written as a follow up piece to the l’Auberge des Adrets by the same authors, which had first introduced the character of "Robert Macaire" in 1823.

Translations and adaptations

The original 1834 French text was translated and adapted into English as Robert Macaire, or The Roadside Inn Turned Inside Out , a burlesque extravaganza, by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[1]

Also known as Robert Macaire, it was first performed in English in the Royal Globe Theatre, London, on 16 April, 1870. The English text published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1872 ([Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays. vol. 93.)

The French play was later also adapted as Robert-Macaire by Philippe Gille (1831-1901) and William Busnach (1832-1907) and performed on 1 March, 1889 at the Théâtre Porte Saint-Martin and published by Tresse et Stock (Paris), 1889