La Guerre de L'Or. Scènes de Guerre du Transvaal
La Guerre de L'Or. Scènes de Guerre du Transvaal ("The War for Gold. Scenes from the Transvaal War") is a French play about the Anglo-Boer War by Alfred Dubout (1854-1936)[1].
Also referred to simply as La Guerre de L'Or.
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A pro-Boer play about second the second Boer War (known as "La guerre des Boers seconde" in French), it is a sprawling work in five acts and six tableaux. Its many scenes are set in various parts of South Africa, London and Paris during the war years and ends at the time of Queen Victoria's funeral. The play touches on a number of themes, but primarily expresses solidarity between the French and the Boer nation, and a hate of the British.
Published by Librairie Arthème Fayard in 1902.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
According to the Sienaert-van Reenen, no reference to any performance has been found so far.
Sources
https://data.bnf.fr/fr/see_all_activities/12462962/page1
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerre_des_Boers
Marilet Sienaert-van Reenen. 1989. Die Franse Bydrae tot Africana-literatuur 1622-1902. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau: pp. 265-273.
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