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1767-Jan.-14

1767-Jan.-14: Mr.

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1767-Jan.-14: Mr. Closet announced a theatrical performance in Cap-Français featuring Molière’s three-act comedy Pourceaugnac. The play was scheduled to be followed by a grand mechanical ballet and pantomime titled The Profanation of the Sacred Oak. These cultural events provided entertainment for the white colonial elite and reflected the metropolitan French influence on urban life. The integration of mechanical effects in ballets demonstrated the technical sophistication of the colonial stage during the mid-eighteenth century.

Source  ·  HT-AFAM-1767-000008 Affiches Américaines, 14 Jan. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000008