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("The Ridiculous Précieuses" or "The Affected Ladies") is a one-act satire by Molière in prose.
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#REDIRECT[[Les Précieuses Ridicules]]
 
 
The play was first produced in Paris on 18 November 1659 at the Théâtre du Petit-Bourbon.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Belachelyke Hoofsche Juffers]]'' by Pieter de Lacroix (published by Izaak Duim, 1753)
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1809: Performed in the original French in Cape Town on 29 August, 1809 by local amateurs led by [[J. Riaux]]. Followed by something listed as a  "[[Cantasmagorie]]" (possibly a misprint for "[[La Fantasmagorie]]" suggests Bosman) and a ballet by the pupils of Riaux.
 
 
 
1819: Performed in [[Dutch]] as  ''[[De Belachelyke Hoofsche Juffers|De Belagchelyke Juffers]]'' on 7 August, 1819 by the local amateur group [[Men Doet Wat Men Kan]], According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] the translation/adaptation was by Bouberg Wilson (i.e. Josephine Bouberg Wilson-Geuse, The play was done as afterpiece to ''[[De Speler]]'' (Iffland).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/De_belachelyke_hoofsche_juffers.html?id=vzJ1OwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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