Difference between revisions of "Monsieur Jacques"
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Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]]. | Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]]. | ||
| − | 1855: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' (Dance),and ''[[Domestic Economy]]'' (Lemon); | + | 1855: Performed in the [[Drawing Room Theatre]] by [[Sefton Parry]] "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' (Dance),and ''[[Domestic Economy]]'' (Lemon); |
1855: Announced by [[Sefton Parry]] for Monday 9 July 1855 with ''[[Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy]]'' (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done. | 1855: Announced by [[Sefton Parry]] for Monday 9 July 1855 with ''[[Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy]]'' (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done. | ||
| − | 1855: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] on Friday 13 July 1855 with ''[[A Capital Match]]'' (J.M. Morton) and ''[[The Cockney in Corsica]]'' (J.M. Morton). | + | 1855: Performed in the [[Drawing Room Theatre]] by [[Sefton Parry]] on Friday 13 July 1855 with ''[[A Capital Match]]'' (J.M. Morton) and ''[[The Cockney in Corsica]]'' (J.M. Morton). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:51, 3 December 2016
Monsieur Jacques is a musical piece, with a libretto by Morris Barnett (1800 – 1856)[1] and music composed by John Barnett (1802-`1890)[2].
Contents
The original text
The play apparently created a furore when it was performed at the St. James's Theatre, London in 1837, starring the author.
Published as Monsieur Jacques: A Musical Piece (with The Sergeant's Wife) by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1837.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Performed three times to popular acclaim in Cape Town in 1855 by Sefton Parry.
1855: Performed in the Drawing Room Theatre by Sefton Parry "to popular acclaim" on Monday 2 July 1855, with Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793 (Dance),and Domestic Economy (Lemon);
1855: Announced by Sefton Parry for Monday 9 July 1855 with Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy (Boucicault), but apparently postponed to an unnamed date, and perhaps not done.
1855: Performed in the Drawing Room Theatre by Sefton Parry on Friday 13 July 1855 with A Capital Match (J.M. Morton) and The Cockney in Corsica (J.M. Morton).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Barnett
"Monsieur Jacques" in Google Books[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnett
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 430-432;
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