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''[[Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'' is a "farcical tragedy" by [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]], based on the 5-act tragedy ''[[Aballino, De Groote Bandiet]]'' by Heinrich Zschokke.  
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''[[Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'' is a "farcical tragedy" ascribed to [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]], a parody of the 5-act tragedy ''[[Aballino, De Groote Bandiet]]'' by Heinrich Zschokke.  
  
== The original text ==
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'''See however ''[[Flodoardo van Overschie, of Aballino, Junior]]'' (Gravé)'''
 
 
According to Bosman, 1928, this was written by De Lima in 1835 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 [[Flodoardo van Overschie, of Aballino, Junior]] a parody by Johannes Hendricus Gravé of Szchokke's play (published in Den Haag by H.S. de Groot in 1811).
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1835: A performance of a Dutch play,  ''[[Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet]]'', 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 "[[The South African Theatre]]" by the "[[South African Amateur Company]]", Bosman suggests this may have been [[Vlyt en Kunst]], They also did  ''[[De Oude Rot]]''.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.271ff
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 08:19, 11 September 2016

Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet is a "farcical tragedy" ascribed to Joseph Suasso de Lima, a parody of the 5-act tragedy Aballino, De Groote Bandiet by Heinrich Zschokke.

See however Flodoardo van Overschie, of Aballino, Junior (Gravé)

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