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== South African performances ==
 
== South African performances ==
  
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]]", [[F.C.L. Bosman]] suggests this company may have been [[Vlyt en Kunst]]. They also did  ''[[De Oude Rot]]''.
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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]] suggests this company may have been [[Vlyt en Kunst]]. They also did  ''[[De Oude Rot]]''.
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 08:07, 11 September 2016

Flodoardo van Overschie, of Aballino, Junior is a "musical tragi-comedy" by Johannes Hendricus Gravé (??-1841)[1].

The original text

Written as a parody the 5-act German tragedy Abällino der Grosse Bandit ("Abällino the Great Bandit") by Heinrich Zschokke[2] (1771 - 1848).

Gravé's parody version was first published in Den Haag by H.S. de Groot, 1811.

Adaptations and translations

South African performances

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 suggests this company may have been Vlyt en Kunst. They also did De Oude Rot.

Sources

Chapter 5: Revolutionaire Hartbreken in *** (pp. 217-255)[3]


F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp.

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