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[[John Rumbelow]] (1876-1906) was a New Zealand comic actor, best known as [[Little Gulliver]]

==Biography==

== Sources ==

"John Rumbelow, "Little Gulliver" 14/1/1876-12/1/1906". Posted on the blog "In Loving Memory" by Otago Taphophile on Sunday, 27 January 2019[http://otagotaphophile.blogspot.com/2019/01/john-rumbelow-little-gulliver-1411876.html]

''Otago Witness'', Issue 2705, 17 January 1906, Page 59, PapersPast website[http://www.cemeteries.org.nz/stories/rumbelowjohn.pdf].

[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.421

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with  [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]], performing ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (Sheridan and ) and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]''.
+He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with  [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]], performing ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (Sheridan and Fawcett) and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' (Finn and Sheridan).
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with  [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]], performing ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]''.
+He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with  [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]], performing ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' (Sheridan and ) and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]''.
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 ==Biography==
-Born in Nieu Zealand  at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, on January
+Born at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, in New Zealand on 14 January, 1876. He was a natural
 midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in. Immensely popular in New Zealand and Australia, he was for a long time a key member of the [[John F. Sheridan]] company, touring many countries with them.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
+He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with  [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]], performing ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]''.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He seems to have visited visited South Africa in 1904 for a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]]. His repertoire included and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' They played in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September. Besides the actor manager [[John F. Sheridan]] himself, the company also featured the popular midget[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget] performer [[John Rumbelow]] (known as "[[Little Gulliver]]"), a long-time member of Sheridan's enterprise.
+He was seems to have visited visited South Africa in 1904 for a six month tour of the country by [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]]. They played in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September. Besides the actor manager [[John F. Sheridan]] himself, the company also featured the popular midget[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget] performer [[John Rumbelow]] (known as "[[Little Gulliver]]"), a long-time member of Sheridan's enterprise.
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 Born in Nieu Zealand  at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, on January
 , 1876, so that at the time of his death he was just on 29 years of age. He was a natural
-midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in,
+midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in. Immensely popular in New Zealand and Australia, he was for a long time a key member of the [[John F. Sheridan]] company, touring many countries with them.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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		+	He seems to have visited visited South Africa in 1904 for a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]]. His repertoire included and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]'' They played in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September. Besides the actor manager [[John F. Sheridan]] himself, the company also featured the popular midget[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget] performer [[John Rumbelow]] (known as "[[Little Gulliver]]"), a long-time member of Sheridan's enterprise.

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		+	Born in Nieu Zealand at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, on January
		+	14, 1876, so that at the time of his death he was just on 29 years of age. He was a natural
		+	midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in,

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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