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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.
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| − | ==The original 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. refers to it as "''The Drumer, ou Le Tambour''" in his Preface to the
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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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