Forget-me-Not
Forget-me-Not is a play by Herman Merivale and F.C. Grove.
Not to be confused with other plays with similar names, e.g. Forget Me Not[1] by Tom Holloway, Forget-me-not Lane[2] by Peter Nichols and Forget Me Not by the organization African Americans Against Alzheimer’s[3]
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An immensely successful production by this name, featuring Genevieve Ward (1837-1922)[4], toured the widely in several countries, including South Africa.
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Performance history in South Africa
1891: Ward opened her 1891-2 South African season in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, on 8 December 1891, under the auspices of Luscombe Searelle. The sets for this production were painted by Arthur Elliott, the famed photographer.
Sources
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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