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| − | ''[[The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy]]'' is a French melodrama by **
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| − | was a 19th-century melodrama, based on the tale of Robert Macaire and his trial-by-combat with a dog. It arose from the Parisian actor and theatre director René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt and premiered on 18 June 1814 as Le Chien de Montargis, ou la Forêt de Bondy, mélodrame historique en trois actes et à grand spectacle at the Parisian Théâtre de la Gaîté on Boulevard du Temple, where it had an uninterrupted run in that theatre's repertoire until 1834.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated and adapted into English by various authors, including
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| − | ''[[The Dog of Montargis, or Murder in the Wood]]'' by
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| − | ''[[The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy]]'' by
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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| − | == Sources ==
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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.79 and 90
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