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''[[Les p'tites Michu]]'' is a French musical comedy by A. Vanloo ()[] and G. Duval ()[], with music by André Messager ()[]
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''[[Les p'tites Michu]]'' ("the little Michu") is a French an operetta in three acts by Albert Vanloo (1846-1920)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vanloo] and Georges Duval (1847-1919)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Duval_(journalist)], with music by André Messager (1853-1929)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Messager]
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
is an opérette in three acts, with music by André Messager and words by Albert Vanloo and Georges Duval. The piece is set in Paris in the years following the French Revolution and depicts the complications ensuing after the identities of two girls become confused in their infancy.
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Set in Paris shortly after the French Revolution, it tells of the complications that ensue because the identities of two girls had become confused in their infancy.
  
The opera opened at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 16 November 1897 and ran for more than 150 performances. It became an international success, with productions in four continents, including an unusually long run of 400 performances in London, and had subsequent revivals in Paris.
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First performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 16 November 1897, the opera ran for more than 150 performances, becoming an international success.  
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into English as '''''[[The Little Michus]]''''' by Henry Hamilton ()[].  
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The text was translated into English as '''''[[The Little Michus]]''''' by Henry Hamilton (1854-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)], with lyrics by Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank]. It was first produced by George Edwardes and performed at Daly's Theatre,  on 29 April 1905.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1908: Performed as '''''[[The Little Michus]]''''' by a new [[Gaiety]] company at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, at the start of the year.
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1908: Performed in English as '''''[[The Little Michus]]''''' by a visiting [[Gaiety]] company at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, at the start of the year.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_p%27tites_Michu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vanloo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Duval_(journalist)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Messager
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank
  
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Latest revision as of 06:13, 22 July 2020

Les p'tites Michu ("the little Michu") is a French an operetta in three acts by Albert Vanloo (1846-1920)[1] and Georges Duval (1847-1919)[2], with music by André Messager (1853-1929)[3]

The original text

Set in Paris shortly after the French Revolution, it tells of the complications that ensue because the identities of two girls had become confused in their infancy.

First performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 16 November 1897, the opera ran for more than 150 performances, becoming an international success.

Translations and adaptations

The text was translated into English as The Little Michus by Henry Hamilton (1854-1918)[4], with lyrics by Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[5]. It was first produced by George Edwardes and performed at Daly's Theatre, on 29 April 1905.

Performance history in South Africa

1908: Performed in English as The Little Michus by a visiting Gaiety company at the Opera House, Cape Town, at the start of the year.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_p%27tites_Michu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vanloo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Duval_(journalist)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Messager

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.427-8.

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