Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

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(Also written Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, The Bourgeois Gentleman) A five-act "comédie-ballet" by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.

First presented on 14 October 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors.

Translations

Freely translated into Dutch as De Burger Edelman by C.E. Boniface. The text is unpublished, but the handwritten manuscript of this translation is in the Jardine Collection in the Library of Parliament.

Translated into Afrikaans by F.P. van der Merwe as Die Adellike Burger. Published as a performance text by DALRO.

Performance history in South Africa

In the original French

In English

In Dutch

1825: Performed as De Burger Edelman (translation by C.E. Boniface)by Honi Soit Qi Mal Y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 28 May 1825. The cast consisted of Boniface, J. Smalberg, L.E. Meurant, P. Biel, C. Roselt, B. van de Sandt, L.H. Meurant, F. Waldek, W. Brandt, De la Sablonière, A. de Waal, W. Burnett, R.S. Allemann, H. Roselt, De la Colline, A. de Kock, J. de Kock, K. de Kock, J.J. Piton, J. Terhoeven (or J. Terhoven and J. Heroldt. Also three sets of dancers.



In Afrikaans

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.281-284;

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