Uncle Ham

Uncle Ham is a play by an unknown author.

The original text

To date nothing has been found on a text by this name, except for references to it in articles on Hilda Attenboro. It is probably a travestie or burlesque version of Hamlet.

Performance history in South Africa

1914: A play with this title was performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Johannesburg by the Hoffman-King Company, with a cast including Hilda Attenboro.

Sources

New Zealand Herald, 16 October 1915

NZ Truth, 7 October 1916

Rand Daily Mail, 10 June 1919

https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/variety-performers-in-radio-list-1112017.pdf

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5391139/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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