La Paix chez soi

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La Paix chez soi ("Peace at Home") is a comedy in one act by French dramatist Georges Courteline (1858-1929) [1].


The original text

Originally written in 1903

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as Peace at Home

Translated into Afrikaans as Vrede Tuis by Reinet Louw.

Performance history in South Africa

1971: Vrede Tuis was staged by PACT, directed by Truida Louw, featuring George Ballot (Theo) and Annette Engelbrecht (Valentine).

1975: Vrede Tuis was staged by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in October, directed by Ria Olivier, starring Jannie Blanckenberg, Eugenie Kemp and Elmé Gildenhuys.

Sources

PACT theatre programme, 1971.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Copy of the Afrikaans translation found in the Stellenbosch University drama archive.

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