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| − | ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin ABC]]'' is an English pantomime.
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| − | (Also found as ''[[Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'' or simply ''[[Harlequin ABC]]'')
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | A pantomime by this name was performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in the 1857–8 season.
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| − | [[William Groom]] (cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: pp. 192-3) however, claims that the piece done in South Africa was an ''original'' work penned by a Mr [[B. Mollan]] of Cape Town.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1865: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December, and claimed by [[William Groom]] (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]].
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| − | 1866: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 4 and 6 January.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 192-3
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