Jumbo Jum

Jumbo Jum is a farce by

The original text

Published as Jumbo-Jum! by W.V. Spencer, 1857

Published again by Walter H. Baker & Co., Boston, 1889

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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