Le commissionaire est bon enfant

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Le commissionaire est bon enfant ("The commissioner is a good natured") is a French farce by Georges Courteline (1858-1929)[1]

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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