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''[[La Joie Fait Peur]]'' is a one act French comedy in 23 scenes by Delphine de Girardin (1804-1855)[] and L.J. Gérard ()[]
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''[[La Joie Fait Peur]]'' is a one act French comedy in 23 scenes by Mme Émile de Girardin (Delphine de Girardin, 1804-1855)[].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre-Français on 25 February, 1854.
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First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre-Français on 25 February, 1854, and published by Callmann-Lévy, Paris.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Transcript version of the original French text, [[Théâtre-documentation.com]][http://www.xn--thtre-documentation-cvb0m.com/content/la-joie-fait-peur-delphine-de-girardin]
 
Transcript version of the original French text, [[Théâtre-documentation.com]][http://www.xn--thtre-documentation-cvb0m.com/content/la-joie-fait-peur-delphine-de-girardin]
  
 
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Facsimile version of the Callmann=--Levy edition, [[Gallica]][https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k29578v/f3.image.texteImage]
 
   
 
   
  

Revision as of 07:07, 30 May 2020

La Joie Fait Peur is a one act French comedy in 23 scenes by Mme Émile de Girardin (Delphine de Girardin, 1804-1855)[].

The original text

First performed in Paris, at the Théâtre-Français on 25 February, 1854, and published by Callmann-Lévy, Paris.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English as a one act play called Kerry by Dion Boucault ()[].

Performance history in South Africa

1903: Performed as Kerry by the Edward Terry and his company in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, on 6 April, along with The Passport (Stephenson and Yardley).

Sources

Transcript version of the original French text, Théâtre-documentation.com[1]

Facsimile version of the Callmann=--Levy edition, Gallica[2]


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 1932. (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: p.414.

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