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.
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Translations
Freely 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 The text is unpublished, but the handwritten manuscript of this translation is in the Jardine Collection in the Library of Parliament.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
In the original French
In English
In Dutch
1825: Performed as De Burger Edelman (translation by C.E. Boniface) by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 28 May 1825. The cast consisted of Boniface, Jan Smalberg, Miss L.E. Meurant, L.P. Biel, C. Roselt, B. van de Sandt, Miss L.H. Meurant, F. Waldek, W. Brandt, De la Sablonière, A. de Waal, W. Burnet, R.S. Allemann, H. Roselt, De la Colline, A. de Kock, J. de Kock, K. de Kock, J.J. Piton, J. Terhoven and J. Herholdt. Also three sets of dancers.
In Afrikaans
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.281-284;
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