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'''''Moumou''''' is a 1944 play by French playwright Jean de Létraz (1897-1954) [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9traz].
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'''''Moumou''''' is a 1944 farce for adult audiences by French playwright Jean de Létraz (1897-1954) [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_L%C3%A9traz].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English as '''''Pyjama Tops''''' by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Jôli-Jôli''''' by [[Mikro]].
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Jôli-Jôli''''' by [[Mikro]].
  

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Moumou is a 1944 farce for adult audiences by French playwright Jean de Létraz (1897-1954) [1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as Pyjama Tops by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.

Translated into Afrikaans as Jôli-Jôli by Mikro.

Performance history in South Africa

1977: PACT staged the Mikro Afrikaans translation Jôli-Jôli in the Breytenbach Theatre in Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, directed by Louis van Niekerk, featuring Harriet Pienaar (Claudine), David van der Merwe (Inspekteur Legrand), Louise Mollett-Prinsloo (Yvonne Chauvinet), Louis van Niekerk (Georges Chauvinet), Gerben Kamper (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), Elise Hibbert (Babette Latouche), and John Harley (Jacques). Decor by Jan Hamers and costumes by Anthoinette Lombard.

Sources

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