A Woman of Impulse

There appear to be two plays by this name:

A Woman of Impulse is a play by Louis K. Anspacher ()[]

Opened on Broadway at the Theatre on 1 March, 1909.

A Woman of Impulse is a play by Victor Widnell ()[], variously described as an "intense drama" and a "comedy-drama". Performed in Australia circa 1912.[1]

The original text

Translations and adaptations

There were two silent films called A Woman of Impulse, the one a Danish production (1915 )[2], the other an American, directed by Edward José and written by Eve Unsell, based upon the play of the same name by Louis K. Anspacher.[3]

Performance history in South Africa

1910: Performed as part of a season of plays taken on a national tour by the De Jong-Black Company, appearing in Cape Town towards the end of the year. The play

Sources

https://www.playbill.com/production/a-woman-of-impulse-herald-square-theatre-vault-0000005694

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZFL19130628.2.18?query=agnew

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308176/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

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

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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