Jumbo Jum
Jumbo Jum is a farce by
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The original text
Published as Jumbo-Jum! by W.V. Spencer, in Darkey & Comic Drama Volume 18, Issue 144 of Spencer's Boston theatre, 1857
Published 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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