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''[[La Cretin de la Montagne]]'' is a French play by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887).  and Thiboust.
 
 
  
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Suter, , 1811?-1882; Grangé, Eugène, 1810-1887. Cretin de la montagne; Clifford, Henry M
  
  
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Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called '''''[[The Idiot of the Mountain]]''''' by Suter.
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Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called '''''[[The Idiot of the Mountain]]''''' by William E. Suter (1811?-1882).
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 06:35, 16 April 2020

La Cretin de la Montagne is a French play by Eugène Grangé (1810-1887). and Thiboust.

Suter, , 1811?-1882; Grangé, Eugène, 1810-1887. Cretin de la montagne; Clifford, Henry M


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called The Idiot of the Mountain by William E. Suter (1811?-1882).

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed in English as The Idiot of the Mountain by the Disney Roebuck Company under the temporary management of Charles Wilstone in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of the season

Sources

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: p.346, footnote 214.

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