Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah is the translation into English of Samson og Delila, a 1909 play by Danish playwright Sven Lange (1868-1930) [1].

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by the Sarah Sylvia Company in the Labia Theatre starring American actor Jacob Ben-Ami in 1951.

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.

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