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[[Limaçon]] ("the snail") is the satirical name given to a character created by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] in 1825 in order to attack his former colleague and friend, [[J. Suasso de Lima]]. The name became part of a series of biting satirical monologues and duologues performed and published in Cape Town by the two men, including ''[[Zamenspraak tusschen Limançon een Dichter en een Prozaisch Gaskonjer]]'' (De Lima) and ''[[De Twee Slakken, of Limaçon, Sen. en Limaçon, Jun.]]'' (Boniface) .   
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[[Limaçon]] ("the snail") is the satirical name given to a character created by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] for his play ''[[Limaçon de Dichter]]'' in 1825. Based on his former colleague and friend, [[J. Suasso de Lima]], name became a central feature of a feud between them,  resulting in a series of further biting satirical monologues and duologues performed and published in Cape Town by the two men, including ''[[Zamenspraak tusschen Limançon een Dichter en een Prozaisch Gaskonjer]]'' (De Lima) and ''[[De Twee Slakken, of Limaçon, Sen. en Limaçon, Jun.]]'' (Boniface) .   
  
 
'''See ''[[Limaçon de Dichter]]'''''  
 
'''See ''[[Limaçon de Dichter]]'''''  

Latest revision as of 05:49, 3 September 2016

Limaçon ("the snail") is the satirical name given to a character created by Charles Etienne Boniface for his play Limaçon de Dichter in 1825. Based on his former colleague and friend, J. Suasso de Lima, name became a central feature of a feud between them, resulting in a series of further biting satirical monologues and duologues performed and published in Cape Town by the two men, including Zamenspraak tusschen Limançon een Dichter en een Prozaisch Gaskonjer (De Lima) and De Twee Slakken, of Limaçon, Sen. en Limaçon, Jun. (Boniface) .

See Limaçon de Dichter


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