The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte
The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte is a 1977 play by Pieter-Dirk Uys. The central character is the Creole beauty Joséphine de Beauharnais (née Tascher de la Pagerie) (1763–1814) [1] who, as the first wife of Napoleon I, was the first Empress of the French.
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The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1977: First produced staged with 1977 UCT students, Margot de Villiers, Robin Lake, John Caviggia and others, directed by the playwright.
Ron Smerczak starred in the play together with Jacqui Singer and Michael McCabe directed by William Egan and staged by PACT at the Alexander in August 1983. {Name of the text} is a {play/film/cabaret/farce/TV drama, etc} by {author's name, dates, and [link to website with biography], if available
Sources
PDU website [2].
PACT theatre prograsmme (undated).
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