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Revision as of 06:54, 22 August 2017
Ici on Parle Français ("Here we speak French") is an English farce in one act by Thomas John Williams (1824-1874)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1859.
Published as Issue 297 of French's minor drama, by Samuel French
The title also found as Ici on Parle Français, or The Major's Mistake in the new 1889 publication of the text by H. Roorbach, New York.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed as Ici on Parle Français on 14 October in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Sefton Parry company, followed by Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp.
Sources
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Ici_on_Parle_Francais.html?id=TRkQ85WihWAC&redir_esc=y
Facsimile version of the 1889 text, The Internet Archive[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 99,
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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