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| − | [[Jack the Giant Killer]] is the name of a popular figure from English folklore. Often dramatised and used in pantomime.
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| − | Also written [[Jack the Giant-Killer]] and the name [[Jack the Giant Slayer]] (or [[Jack the Giant-Slayer]]) also occurs.
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| − | =The character=
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| − | "Jack the Giant Killer" is described as an English fairy tale and legend about a brave young farmer's boy who slays a number of giants during King Arthur's reign and - in some versions - is seen as the successor to Arthur himself. In some versions he is purported to be a cousin of the other "Jack", of the Beanstalk fame.
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| − | The story only appeared in print in 1711.
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| − | =The plays=
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| − | ==''Jack the Giant Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and ye Knights of ye Round Table'' by H.J. Byron==
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| − | ''[[Jack the Giant Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur, and ye Knights of ye Round Table]]'' is described as "a burlesque extravaganza, preceding a mirthful, magical, comical, Christmas pantomime" and was written by Henry James Byron.
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| − | Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1859 (Vol 43 of Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays).
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| − | = Performance history of ''Jack the Giant-Killer'' in South Africa =
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| − | =Sources=
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| − | https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZNhUAAAAcAAJ&dq=Jack+the+Giant-Killer,+or+Harlequin+King+Arthur+and+Queen+of+the+Fairy+Bees&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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