a| fre h| eng

a| Addison, Joseph d| 1672-1719 4| aut 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q206384 9| 5442

a| Le Tambour nocturne ou Le mari devin b| Comédie Angloise en Cinq Actes

a| Amsterdam b| Jolly c| 1754

a| 108 pages

a| printed

a| premiere in Drury Lane Theater London, 1716

a| Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century.[

a| The Gallica-digitalisation in the version revised by the actor Jean Claude Gilles Colson (1725-1778) dit Bellecour, was according to Léris first performed in 1762:https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9738993k.texteImage

a| First edition of the French translation by Destouches.

a| Lady Truman is apparently widowed when she receives word that her husband Sir George has been killed in battle during the recent war. As she is now the wealthy owner of an estate she is pursued by two suitors, but concerningly the house is disturbed at night by repeated sounds of ghostly drumming. After the drumming has scared off the two suitors Mr. Tinsel and Mr. Fantome it is revealed to be the work of Sir George, still very much alive.

a| The Drummer, or The Haunted House c| 1716

a| 18th Century (1701-1800) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7015 9| 20899

a| Play (theater) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25379 9| 21414

a| France 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q142 9| 131

4| trl a| Destouches, Philippe Néricault d| 1680-1754 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177063 9| 4929

a| The Drummer

c| BOO

a| boek

b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.16 H3-027

d| 4577