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''[[Mam'zelle Nitouche]]'' is a French vaudeville-opérette in three acts by Hervé ()[], Henri Meilhac ()[] and Albert Millaud ()[]. | ''[[Mam'zelle Nitouche]]'' is a French vaudeville-opérette in three acts by Hervé ()[], Henri Meilhac ()[] and Albert Millaud ()[]. | ||
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Composed by Hervé, with a libretto by Meilhac and Millaud, the musical play tells the story of a respectable musician, transforming himself into a songwriter at night, and is in part based on the life of the composer himself. | Composed by Hervé, with a libretto by Meilhac and Millaud, the musical play tells the story of a respectable musician, transforming himself into a songwriter at night, and is in part based on the life of the composer himself. | ||
| − | 1894: Performed in English | + | It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 26 January 1883. |
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1894: Performed in English in the second half of the year by the '''[[Cairns James Company]]''' as part of their season in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mam%27zelle_Nitouche | ||
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| + | [[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.) | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.400 | ||
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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 06:08, 17 January 2020
Mam'zelle Nitouche is a French vaudeville-opérette in three acts by Hervé ()[], Henri Meilhac ()[] and Albert Millaud ()[].
Contents
The original text
Composed by Hervé, with a libretto by Meilhac and Millaud, the musical play tells the story of a respectable musician, transforming himself into a songwriter at night, and is in part based on the life of the composer himself.
It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 26 January 1883.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1894: Performed in English in the second half of the year by the Cairns James Company as part of their season in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mam%27zelle_Nitouche
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.400
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
