Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots!

Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots! is described as a "Ballet Dance", possibly devised by H. Booth.

First performed by All the World's a Stage in Cape Town on 7th January, 1832, along with The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife (Colman) and The Sleeping Draught (Penley).

Bosman suggests that a follow up "Ballet Dance", called The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!! was performed by also performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage (on 30th January.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 219, 222

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