This anonymous play was written and published in obviously very limited numbers, as it is very hard to find, and all indications are that it was not performed - the preface mentions "directors who would like to undertake its production." It is based on two well-known episodes in Pacific exploration: the voyage of Louis de Bougainville around the world, and his arrival in Tahiti very soon after Samuel Wallis' discovery of it, and the later voyage and disappearance of Jean-Francois de la Perouse. Bougainville's stay in Tahiti, although brief, had important consequences for French and European...
This anonymous play was written and published in obviously very limited numbers, as it is very hard to find, and all indications are that it was not p...