Mrs Dooley's Little Joke

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Mrs Dooley's Little Joke is a comedy by


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Performance history in South Africa

1904: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the Sheridan Comedy Company while on a six month tour of the country. They played during September in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town (under the management of Frank and Ben Wheeler). Besides the actor manager John F. Sheridan, the piece featured the popular midget John Rumbelow (known as "Little Gulliver")

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]

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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