Little Don Giovanni, or Leporello and the Stone Statue

Little Don Giovanni, or Leporello and the Stone Statue is a burlesque play in verse by Henry James Byron (1835–1884)

The original text
Largely based on Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, with an overture and incidental music by J.C. Van Maanan. First performed in London on 26 December, 1865. Published in London, 1867.

Translations and adaptations
Also found is a rare text called An Original, Musical, Pantomical, Comical. Christmas Extravaganza, Entitled Don Juan! likewise written by H.J. Byron. Performed in London in 1873.

Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as Little Don Giovanni by the Disney Roebuck Company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 9 September with Under the Gaslight (Daly/Hazlewood) and  Betsy Baker (Morton).

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