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''[[Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' ("The marriage of Biribi")  as a comedy in three acts by Sire Barago.
 
''[[Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' ("The marriage of Biribi")  as a comedy in three acts by Sire Barago.
  
This according to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 126), who is the only source on the play to be found. He appears to base it on a newspaper advert  from the ''[[Kaapsche Courant]]'' of 21 June, 1809. It was offered there as a work "translated and turned into verse by [[C.E. Boniface]]". He actually lists two plays (''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection]]'' and ''[[Le Marriage de Biribi]]'') on page 126, and it COULD also be read that this might have been part of the subtitle of a play entitled ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]''("Eopipore, or The resurrection" and the marriage of Biribi) - though no such play can be traced either.
 
  
In his corrections, Bosman only has the title ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection]]'' and ''[[Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' as separate plays, both, or perhaps only the latter, by Barago, and both done in 1809.
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== The original text ==
  
'''See ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection]]'''''
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Neither the play nor the author can be traced in any other source than [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 126), based on a newspaper advert  from the ''[[Kaapsche Courant]]'' of 21 June, 1809. It was offered there as a work by "Sire Barago" and "translated and turned into verse by [[C.E. Boniface]]". He actually lists two plays (''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection]]'' and ''[[Le Marriage de Biribi]]'') on page 126, but in  his corrections however, Bosman adds the title ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection]]'' to the list of translations by Boniface on page 124, attributing it also to Barago  and indicating that it was produced produced in 1809. No mention of a translation entitled ''[[Le Marriage de Biribi]]'' is given in the list on page 124 however.
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What it '''could''' have been is that the two works were actually one play, entitled something like ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi]]''("Eopipore, or The resurrection" and the marriage of Biribi) - though no  play by such a name can be traced either.
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'''See also ''[[Eopipore, ou La Resurrection]]'''''
 
   
 
   
  

Revision as of 07:11, 12 February 2017

Le Marriage de Biribi ("The marriage of Biribi") as a comedy in three acts by Sire Barago.


The original text

Neither the play nor the author can be traced in any other source than F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 126), based on a newspaper advert from the Kaapsche Courant of 21 June, 1809. It was offered there as a work by "Sire Barago" and "translated and turned into verse by C.E. Boniface". He actually lists two plays (Eopipore, ou La Resurrection and Le Marriage de Biribi) on page 126, but in his corrections however, Bosman adds the title Eopipore, ou La Resurrection to the list of translations by Boniface on page 124, attributing it also to Barago and indicating that it was produced produced in 1809. No mention of a translation entitled Le Marriage de Biribi is given in the list on page 124 however.

What it could have been is that the two works were actually one play, entitled something like Eopipore, ou La Resurrection et Le Marriage de Biribi("Eopipore, or The resurrection" and the marriage of Biribi) - though no play by such a name can be traced either.

See also Eopipore, ou La Resurrection


South African performances

1809: The play was apparently performed in French by the French Company led by Charles Mathurin Villet , on 1 July in the African Theatre, Cape Town, with Eopipore, ou La Resurrection (Anon/Barago?) and Oromidas, ou Le Balêt de Balais (Anon).


Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 126

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