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''[[Le Tambour Nocturne, ou Le Mari Devin]]''  is a 5 act play, referred to as a Comédie Angloise,  by Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680-1754)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_N%C3%A9ricault_Destouches]. Also referred to as ''[[Le Tambour Nocturne]]'' at times.  
 
''[[Le Tambour Nocturne, ou Le Mari Devin]]''  is a 5 act play, referred to as a Comédie Angloise,  by Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680-1754)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_N%C3%A9ricault_Destouches]. Also referred to as ''[[Le Tambour Nocturne]]'' at times.  
  
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==The original text==
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It is an adaptation of the popular English comedy ''[[The Drummer, or The Haunted House]]'' by  Joseph Addison (1672-1719), written in admiring imitation of the "Théâtre Anglais" (or English style) of  Jonson, Dryden, Congreve, ''et al''. (Destouches refers to Addison's play as "''The Drumer, ou Le Tambour''" in his 1737 Preface to the published text.)
  
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Written in admiring imitation of the English style (Jonson, Dryden, Congreve, et al) and influenced by  and adapted from the popular English comedy ''[[The Drummer, or The Haunted House]]'' by  Joseph Addison (1672-1719), first acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. Published in London by Jacob Tonson, 1715. (Destouches refers to Addison's play as "''The Drumer, ou Le Tambour''" in his 1737 Preface to the published text.)
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'''For South African performances, see ''[[The Drummer, or The Haunted House]]'''''  
  
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Though first published in La Haye  in 1737 by Antoine van Dool, the Destouches play was only performed for the first time on 16 October 1762 at the Théâtre Français.
 
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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1809: Performed in French as ''[[Le Tambour Nocturne, ou Le Mari Devin]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 11 May by the [[French Amateurs]]. Now referred to as a play in four acts, it was followed by Florian's ''[[Les Jumeaux de Bergame]]''.
 
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== Sources ==
 
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http://www.amazon.com/Tambour-Nocturne-Mari-Devin-Accommod%C3%A9e/dp/1175245941
 
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Facsimile version of the 1771 edition of the text, Hathi Trust, Google e-book[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0004900783;view=1up;seq=11]
 
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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0004900783
 
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Facsimile version of the 1737 edition of the text, with Preface. Google e-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3lpaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Le+Tambour+Nocturne,+ou+Le+Mari+Devin&source=bl&ots=cskmk6rtNr&sig=xu3kkAjaLNKGwyN8PH7PZFMNSQ0&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSjZaFjNbMAhUFDxoKHSrvBj8Q6AEIOTAF#v=onepage&q=Le%20Tambour%20Nocturne%2C%20ou%20Le%20Mari%20Devin&f=false]
 
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Text of ''[[The Drummer, or The Haunted House]]'', ECCO TCP: Eighteenth Century Texts[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004780920.0001.000]
 
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 125,
 
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 07:24, 13 May 2016

Le Tambour Nocturne, ou Le Mari Devin is a 5 act play, referred to as a Comédie Angloise, by Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680-1754)[1]. Also referred to as Le Tambour Nocturne at times.

It is an adaptation of the popular English comedy The Drummer, or The Haunted House by Joseph Addison (1672-1719), written in admiring imitation of the "Théâtre Anglais" (or English style) of Jonson, Dryden, Congreve, et al. (Destouches refers to Addison's play as "The Drumer, ou Le Tambour" in his 1737 Preface to the published text.)

For South African performances, see The Drummer, or The Haunted House


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