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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Performed in English translation as ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' in New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, opening on 27 November, 1905. Adapted into English as ''[[The Great Conspiracy]]'' by Madeleine Lucette Ryley, and performed in London at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1907.
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Performed in English translation as ''[[La Belle Marseillaise]]'' in New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, opening on 27 November, 1905. Adapted into English as '''''[[The Great Conspiracy]]''''' by Madeleine Lucette Ryley, and performed in London at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1907.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

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La Belle Marseillaise is a French comedy in 4 acts by Pierre Berton (1842-1912)[1]

The original text

First performed in the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, Paris, on 3 March, 1905.

Translations and adaptations

Performed in English translation as La Belle Marseillaise in New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, opening on 27 November, 1905. Adapted into English as The Great Conspiracy by Madeleine Lucette Ryley, and performed in London at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1907.

Performance history in South Africa

1907: Performed in English as La Belle Marseillaise in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the touring company of Mrs Brown Potter, under the management of the Wheeler Theatre Company. (The author given as "Paul Berton" by Boonzaier.)

Sources

http://data.bnf.fr/39499535/la_belle_marseillaise_spectacle_1905/

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Berton_(dramaturge)

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


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