John Rumbelow
John Rumbelow (1876-1906) was a New Zealand comic actor, best known as "Little Gulliver"
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Biography
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
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.
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[1]
Otago Witness, Issue 2705, 17 January 1906, Page 59, PapersPast website[2].
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 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
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