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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
  
Born in Nieu Zealand  at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, on January
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Born at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, in New Zealand on 14 January, 1876. He was a natural
14, 1876, so that at the time of his death he was just on 29 years of age. He was a natural
 
 
midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in. Immensely popular in New Zealand and Australia, he was for a long time a key member of the [[John F. Sheridan]] company, touring many countries with them.
 
midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in. Immensely popular in New Zealand and Australia, he was for a long time a key member of the [[John F. Sheridan]] company, touring many countries with them.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with  [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]], performing ''[[Fun on the Bristol]]'' and ''[[Mrs Dooley's Little Joke]]''.
 
 
He was seems to have visited visited South Africa in 1904 for a six month tour of the country by [[The Sheridan Comedy Company]], under the management of [[Frank and Ben Wheeler]]. They played in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September. Besides the actor manager [[John F. Sheridan]] himself, the company also featured the popular midget[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midget] performer [[John Rumbelow]] (known as "[[Little Gulliver]]"), a long-time member of Sheridan's enterprise.
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:16, 7 October 2020

John Rumbelow (1876-1906) was a New Zealand comic actor, best known as "Little Gulliver"


Biography

Born at White Hills, near Bendigo, Victoria, in New Zealand on 14 January, 1876. He was a natural midget, perfectly formed, and his height was 3ft 4in. Immensely popular in New Zealand and Australia, he was for a long time a key member of the John F. Sheridan company, touring many countries with them.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He probably visited South Africa in 1904 with The Sheridan Comedy Company, when they undertook a six month tour of the country under the management of Frank and Ben Wheeler, performing Fun on the Bristol and Mrs Dooley's Little Joke.

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]

Otago Witness, Issue 2705, 17 January 1906, Page 59, PapersPast website[2].

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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