Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah can refer to two works:
- the translation into English of Samson og Delila, a 1909 play by Danish playwright Sven Lange (1868-1930) [1].
- the translation into English of Samson et Dalila, an 1877 opera by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921).
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Performance history of the play in South Africa
1951: Presented by the Sarah Sylvia Company in the Labia Theatre starring American actor Jacob Ben-Ami.
Performance history of the opera in South Africa
Approx. 1941: Presented in Pretoria’s Alhambra Theatre with the tenor Dirk Lourens.
Sources
Undated clipping from Die Burger found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the University of Stellenbosch, dated 1951.
Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.
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