Clasius, of Het Proces om een Komedie-Lootjie

Aby C.E. Boniface. (Also written Clasius, of Het Proces om een Komedielootje by F.C.L. Bosman, 1928:p 323)

Originally announced (on 24 may 1834) as De Gekwetste Reputatie, of Het Komedielootje ("The wounded reputation, or the comedy lottery ticket"). A satire of his former friend and later arch-rival Joseph Suasso de Lima in which the latter is equated to a learned baboon.

Not published, but available in a number of manuscripts in Cape Town. The one used by F.C.L. Bosman contains a caricature of De Lima on the inside cover, and the title page has: "Clasius, of Het Proces om een Komedie-Lootjie. Kluchtig en Geschiedkundig Treurspel" ("Clasius, or The Process of the Comedy-lottery ticket. [A] farcical and historical tragedy"). It is dated Vlyt en Kunst, 1834.

First performed by Vlyt en Kunst under this title on 19 July 1834, then revived later in the same year with minor adjustments, now named Nog Net Zoo.

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928:pp. 323

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