Castor en Pollux

Castor en Pollux (Castor and Pollux) is a small Dutch intermezzo, based on the Greek myth, written by "an amateur" (most probably Charles Etienne Boniface)

The original text
A crude satire on J. Suasso de Lima, the work was part of, or was an accompaniment to, his satire Nog Net Zoo, a reworking of Clasius, of Het Proces om een Komedie-Lootje.

Performance history in South Africa
1834: The work was performed on 13 September, 1834 in Cape Town, with Valmont de Saint Priest, of De Schipbreukeling (Van Haemstede) and Nog Net Zoo (Boniface).

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