Le commissionaire est bon enfant
Le commissionaire est bon enfant ("The commissioner is a good natured") is a French farce by Georges Courteline (1858-1929)[1]
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The original text
Written in collaboration with Jules Lévy, the play was first produced in Paris at the Théâtre du Gymnase, on 16 December 1899
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Bevelvoerder ("the commander") by Fred le Roux, the text published by Tafelberg in the play collection Skouspel (edited by Jan B. Vermaak) in 1992.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_commissaire_est_bon_enfant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Courteline
http://libretheatre.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Le_commissaire_est_bon_enfant_Courteline_LT.pdf
Jan B. Vermaak (compiler), 1992. Skouspel. Cape Town: Tafelberg.
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