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Ma Femme et Mon Parapluie is a vaudeville in one act by M. Laurencin (Paul-Aimé Chapelle)
 
Ma Femme et Mon Parapluie is a vaudeville in one act by M. Laurencin (Paul-Aimé Chapelle)
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== The original text ==
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The play ''[[Ma Femme et Mon Parapluie]]'', by M. Laurencin (pseud of Paul Aimé Chapelle). First performed in French at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 23 June 1834 and published by Marchant (Paris) in the 1835.
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== Translations and adaptations ==
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An English text entitled ''[[My Young Wife and my Old Umbrella]]'' was adapted from the French by  Benjamin Webster, and first performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 23 June 1837, starring the adaptor,  and published 1837.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1850: Performed in English, (possibly under the title ''[[My New Wife and my Old Umbrella]]'',  and attributed to R.B. Peake) by the [[Garrison Players]] (by a group locally known as [[Captain Hall's Company]])  in Cape Town  on 8 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Richelieu, or The Conspiracy]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton).
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1850: Repeated in English (by special request, and now cited under its proper title and correctly attributed to Webster) by [[Captain Hall's Company]])  in Cape Town  on 29 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[The Lancers]]'' (Payne) and ''[[A Lover by Proxy! or My Daughter Sir!]]'' (Planché).
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== Sources ==
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Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books/about/My_Young_Wife_and_My_Old_Umbrella_A_Farc.html?id=G28ZMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y]
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Catalyst, Johns Hopkins Libraries[https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_2659511]
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http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Webster,_Benjamin_Nottingham_(DNB00)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 398
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 07:18, 18 June 2015

Ma Femme et Mon Parapluie is a vaudeville in one act by M. Laurencin (Paul-Aimé Chapelle)


The original text

The play Ma Femme et Mon Parapluie, by M. Laurencin (pseud of Paul Aimé Chapelle). First performed in French at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 23 June 1834 and published by Marchant (Paris) in the 1835.

Translations and adaptations

An English text entitled My Young Wife and my Old Umbrella was adapted from the French by Benjamin Webster, and first performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 23 June 1837, starring the adaptor, and published 1837.

Performance history in South Africa

1850: Performed in English, (possibly under the title My New Wife and my Old Umbrella, and attributed to R.B. Peake) by the Garrison Players (by a group locally known as Captain Hall's Company) in Cape Town on 8 May, as an afterpiece to Richelieu, or The Conspiracy (Bulwer-Lytton).

1850: Repeated in English (by special request, and now cited under its proper title and correctly attributed to Webster) by Captain Hall's Company) in Cape Town on 29 May, as an afterpiece to The Lancers (Payne) and A Lover by Proxy! or My Daughter Sir! (Planché).


Sources

Google Books[1]

Catalyst, Johns Hopkins Libraries[2]

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Webster,_Benjamin_Nottingham_(DNB00)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[3]: p. 398

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page

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