Aballino Junior, of De Kleine Bandiet

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.

The original text

Written 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.

Performance history in South Africa

1835: 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".

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp.271ff

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