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-''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin ABC]]'' is an English pantomime.
+#REDIRECT [[Little Jack Horner]]
-== The original text ==
-A Pantomime by this name was performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in the 1857–8 season.
-==Translations and adaptations==
-== Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December, and claimed by Broom (cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: pp. 192-3) to have been an ''original'' work penned by a Mr [[B. Mollan]] of Cape Town. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr W.G. Browne, choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]],  scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr W.G. Browne, Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]].
-: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Messrs Ray and Cooper on 4 and 6 January.
-== Sources ==