Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

(Also written Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, The Bourgeois Gentleman) A five-act "comédie-ballet" by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.

First presented on 14 October 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors.

Translations

Translated into Dutch as De Burger Edelman by C.E. Boniface. The text is unpublished, but the handwritten manuscript of this translation is in the Jardine Collection in the Library of Parliament.

Translated into Afrikaans by F.P. van der Merwe as Die Adellike Burger. Published as a performance text by DALRO.

Performance history in South Africa

First produced by Boniface and his company Hin 1825.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme

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