La Frontière de Savoie

La Frontière de Savoie ("The border of Savoy") is a farce in one act by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[1] and J.F.A (Jean-François Alfred) Bayard (1796-1853)[2].

The original text

First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Gymnase Dramatique[3] on 20 August 1834. (Often only attributed to Scribe alone)

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as A Peculiar Position by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)[4], first performed in London at the Olympic Theatre on 3 May 1837. Published in London by Chapman and Hall, 1837.

Performance history in South Africa

1854: Was apparently to have been performed in English, as A Peculiar Position, on 11 July 1854 by Garrison Players , as after piece to Charles the Twelfth (Planché). It seems this did not take place due to the illness of the stage manager, but was probably done some time later in July, with the addition of The Two Bonnycastles (J.M. Morton). The performances were repeated on Friday, 18 August, now with another addition, that of The Honeymoon (Tobin).