Les Fétards

Les Fêtards ("The revellers") is a French operetta in 3 acts and 4 tableaux by Antony Mars (1862-1915) and Maurice Hennequin (1863-1926), with music by Victor Roger (1853-1903)[].

The original text

First performed in the Théâtre du Palais Royal, Paris, on 28 October, 1897.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English as a musical comedy called Kitty Grey by George Edwardes ()[], with music by Edward Talbot ()[], performed in Bristol in 1900.

Adapted into English as a musical comedy called Kitty Grey by J. Smyth Pigott ()[]

Performance history in South Africa

1902: Performed in English as Kitty Grey by an unnamed Gaiety Company in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a short season.

Sources

Robert Ignatius Letellier. 2015. Operetta: A Sourcebook (Volume I), Cambridge Scholars Publishing:p. 340[1]

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 71). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[2]

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.411-2

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