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''[[Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'' is a "farcical tragedy" in 3 acts, ascribed to [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]], a parody of the 5-act tragedy ''[[Abällino der Grosse Bandit]]'' by Heinrich Zschokke. 


== The original text ==


According to Bosman, 1928, a play called ''[[Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'' was written  by [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]]. Called  a "farcical tragedy" it was based on the 5-act tragedy ''[[Aballino, De Groote Bandiet]]'' by Heinrich Zschokke, and was written in response to  ''[[Clasius]]'' by his arch-rival [[C.E. Boniface]], which had been an outright attack on him. It was never published.

However, it is also likely that this was simply a localized version of Gravé's ''[[Flodoardo van Overschie, of Aballino, Junior]]'', though the anti-Boniface element is certainly apparent in the play performed in Cape Town. 


'''See also ''[[Flodoardo van Overschie, of Aballino, Junior]]'' (Gravé)'''

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1835: A performance of ''[[Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'' "door eenen Amateur", announced on 16 October and performed in the [[Stads Schouwburg]] ("[[Civic Theatre]]") Cape Town by the children's theatre company [[Kunst en Smaak]] on 21 November 1835, alongside ''[[Monsieur Tonson]]'' (Moncrieff); repeated on 31 November 1835 by the same company. The cast included [[J. Stegman]] as "Tom King" and [[F. Langerman]] as "Aballino".  

1837: A performance of a [[Dutch]] work called ''[[Flodoardo van Overschie, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'' was announced for the "[[South African Theatre]]" by the "[[South African Amateur Company]]", [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 338) suggests this company may have been [[Vlyt en Kunst]]. They also did  ''[[De Oude Rot]]'' (Anon.).


== Sources ==

Klaartje Groot. 2010. ''Geliefd en gevreesd: Duits toneel in Nederland rond 1800''. Uitgeverij Verloren
(pp. 217-255)[http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/33148842/05_h5.pdf!null]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. pp.271ff, 334, 338, 374. 

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