The Cunning Wife, or The Lover in the Sack
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The Cunning Wife, or The Lover in the Sack is the first known production of an original ballet-pantomime(or ballet d'action[1]) to be staged in South Africa. It was choreographed and staged by a J.L. Petersen and his pupils in the Afrikaansche Schouwburg on Monday 28 June , 1802, in celebration of the King's birthday. It was performed alongside The Little Hunchback, or A Frolic in Bagdad (O'Keeffe), The Interlude of the Magic Zone and The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphosed (Coffey).
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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_d%27action
Bosman, 1928: pp 68-9.
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