Jumbo Jum
Jumbo Jum is a minstrel style farce in one act by an unnamed author.
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The original text
Published as Jumbo-Jum! by William V. Spencer, 128 Washington St., Boston, in 1856 ("With Original Casts, Costumes, and the Whole of the Stage Business, Correctly Marked and Arranged, by Mr. J.B. Wright, Assistant Manager of the Boston Theatre") and again in Darkey & Comic Drama Volume 18, Issue 144 of Spencer's Boston theatre, 1857.
Published once3 mor, now as Jumbo Jum, by Walter H. Baker & Co., Boston, in Baker's Edition of Plays, 1889
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, in March, with Le Roy "in his favourite part of 'Jumbo' ". The performance and the play not well received by critics.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.209
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