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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A pantomime called ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the programme for the presentation (provided by Bosman, 1980: pp.194-198) a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. The piece had a vast cast consisting of "Rustics, Clodhoppers Villagers" and a procession of "26 of the best characters from the S.A. College[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_College]" representing the letters A to Z. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler).
+: A pantomime called ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the programme for the presentation (provided by Bosman, 1980: pp.194-198) a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution (for the "elaborate Machinery and Mechanical changes") by Mr [[J. Adams]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. The piece had a vast cast consisting of "Rustics, Clodhoppers Villagers" and a procession of "26 of the best characters from the S.A. College[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_College]" representing the letters A to Z. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler).
 : Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]], with ''[[The Secret]]'' (Morris).

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 : A pantomime called ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the programme for the presentation (provided by Bosman, 1980: pp.194-198) a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. The piece had a vast cast consisting of "Rustics, Clodhoppers Villagers" and a procession of "26 of the best characters from the S.A. College[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_College]" representing the letters A to Z. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler).
-: Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]].
+: Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]], with ''[[The Secret]]'' (Morris).
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A pantomime by this name (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler)
+: A pantomime called ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the programme for the presentation (provided by Bosman, 1980: pp.194-198) a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. The piece had a vast cast consisting of "Rustics, Clodhoppers Villagers" and a procession of "26 of the best characters from the S.A. College[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_College]" representing the letters A to Z. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler).
 : Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]].

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 : A pantomime by this name (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler)
-: Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] .
+: Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]].
 = Sources =

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A pantomime by this name (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' ()
+: A pantomime by this name (and ascribed to [[B. Mollan]]) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Alfred Ray|Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. On the 26th the pamntomime was preceded by ''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' (Stirling) and on the 27th by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler)
 : Performed for two more nights (4 and 6 January) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] .

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 ==Translations or adaptations==
-[[William Groom]] (cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: pp. 192-3) claims that a pantomime called ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' was done in South Africa and was an ''original'' work penned by a Mr [[B. Mollan]] of Cape Town "expressly for the Occasion". The reviewer in the [[Cape Argus]] of 28 December, 1865, also suggests that, while most of the work was original,  the opening scene of "The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol" was in fact plagiarized from  an "Original Extravaganza" by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand] called ''[[Ixion, or The Man at the Wheel]]''.
+[[William Groom]] (cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: pp. 192-3) claims that a pantomime called ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' was done in South Africa and was an '''"original"''' work penned by a Mr [[B. Mollan]] of Cape Town "expressly for the Occasion". The reviewer in the [[Cape Argus]] of 28 December, 1865, also suggests that, while most of the work was original,  the opening scene of "The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol" was in fact plagiarized from  an "Original Extravaganza" by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand] called ''[[Ixion, or The Man at the Wheel]]''.
 However, the claim in the flier for the presentation that a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], does suggest that the pantomime itself may have been a local adaptation of the British play by Mollan, and that only the ''presentation'' of it was in fact "original".

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