The Freedom of Suzanne

The Freedom of Suzanne is a light comedy by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox ()[].

The original text

First produced at the Criterion Theatre in London on 15th November 1904 and then produced at the Empire Theatre on Broadway from 19 April to May 1905 by Charles Frohman, with Marie Tempest in the lead.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1906: Performed under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers in the Opera House, Cape Town, during the second half of the year, as part of a season of plays put on by a company that included such outstanding performers as Herbert Greville, Marie Housley, Wilfred E. Payne and the six year old Sylvia Edney.

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-freedom-of-suzanne-6091

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.425-6

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