Arizona

Arizona is an American play by Augustus Thomas (1857–1934)[1].

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Considered one of his best, it is set in the Arizona Territory before the Spanish–American War of 1898. The play was produced by Kirke La Shelle and opened in Chicago at Hamlin's Grand Opera House on June 12, 1899.

Sigmund Romberg adapted the play as an operetta called The Love Call (1927).

1904: First produced in South Africa at the Good Hope Theatre, on 25 January 1with Daniel Frawley and Mary van Buren.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_(play)

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

Bosman, F.C.L., Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. 1980).

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