La Guerre de L'Or. Scènes de Guerre du Transvaal
La Guerre de L'Or. Scènes de Guerre du Transvaal is a French play about the Anglo-Boer War by Alfred Dubout (1854-1936)[].
La Guerre de l'or, scènes de la guerre du Transvaal, drame en 5 actes et 6 tableaux (1902)
Also referred to simply as La Guerre de L'Or.
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The original text
A sprawling pro-Boer play in five acts and six tableaux, its various scenes are set in South Africa, London and Paris in the war years and the death of Queen Victoria, touching on a number of themes including solidarity between the French and the Boer nation, and hate of the British.
Published by Librairie Arthème Fayard in 1902.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
According to the source, no reference to a performance has been found.
Sources
https://data.bnf.fr/fr/see_all_activities/12462962/page1
Marilet Sienaert-van Reenen. 1989. Die Franse Bydrae tot Africana-literatuur 1622-1902. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau: pp. 265-273.
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