Jack the Giant-Killer
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Jack the Giant-Killer is the name of a popular figure, often used in pantomime.
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The character
The plays
Jack the Giant Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and ye Knights of ye Round Table by H.J. Byron
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.
Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1859 (Vol 43 of Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays).
Performance history of Jack the Giant-Killer in South Africa
Sources
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