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Maryna Fraser. 1985. ''Johannesburg Pioneer Journals, 1888-1909''. Van Riebeeck Society: p. 257
  
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Latest revision as of 06:15, 6 July 2020

Oh! Susannah! is a farcical comedy in three acts by Mark Ambient (1860-1937)[1].

Not to be confused with "Oh! Susanna", the popular minstrel song written by Stephen Foster (1847)[2]

The original text

First performed at the Eden Theatre, Brighton, on September 6th, 1897, afterwards played at the Royalty Theatre, London.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1908: Performed in South Africa by the Leonard Rayne company, with a cast that included Naomi Rutherford.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna_(disambiguation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ambient

Maryna Fraser. 1985. Johannesburg Pioneer Journals, 1888-1909. Van Riebeeck Society: p. 257

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: pp.203-205

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