Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots!

Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots! is described as a "Ballet Dance", possibly devised by H. Booth during his stay in Cape Town.

The original text
Possibly devised by H. Booth during his stay in Cape Town, though Bosman does not count it as a South African work, but one brought from England. He also suggests that a sequel, also referred to as "a ballet with dance" and called The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!!, was performed by Booth on 30 January, 1832 in Cape Town.

Performance history in South Africa
1832: First performed by All the World's a Stage, announced as a "new Ballet Dance", with The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare) and The Scapegrace (Buckstone). The evening was presented in The African Theatre on 7 January - ostensibly as Mr Booth's farewell performance before leaving the colony (though he played again in November).

1832: Performed again ("with a new scene representing Table Bay") on 22 September in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town, by All the World's a Stage  with The Miller's Maid (Saville) and The Soldier's Daughter (Cherry).

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