Un Mariage sous Louis XV
Un Mariage sous Louis XV is a French prose comedy in five acts by Alexandre Dumas snr.
Contents
The original text
A young couple, married for convenience, discover each other's charms.
First performed at the Théâtre Français on the 1st of June, 1841.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English as A Marriage of Convenience by Sydney Grundy, in 1897, revived in 1918.
Translated into Afrikaans as Gerieflike Huwelik.
Performance history in South Africa
1927: Performed in Afrikaans as Gerieflike Huwelik by Paul de Groot as part of his touring repertoire, also featuring Maxie Botha and André Huguenet.
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
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.203-205
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