J'ai Mangé Mon Ami
J'ai Mangé Mon Ami is a one act French farce by X-B Saintine (C. V. Varin Xavier and Louis Boyer).
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English as I've Eaten my Friend!, a one act farce, by John Vipon Bridgeman()[]. First performed on September 8, 1851 in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, and the text published by T.H. Lacy in 1852.
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed in English as I've Eaten my Friend! by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 4 April, with My Son's a Daughter (Parselle).
Sources
Facsimile version of the T.H. Lacy English text, HathiTrust Digital Library[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 262
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