Oh! Susannah!
Oh! Susannah! is a farcical comedy in three acts by Mark Ambient (1860-1937)[].
Not to be confused with "Oh! Susanna", the popular minstrel song written by Stephen Foster (1847)[1]
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The original text
First performed at the Eden Theatre, Brighton, on September 6th, 1897, afterwards played at the Royalty Theatre, London.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1908: Performed in South Africa by the Leonard Rayne company, with a cast that included Naomi Rutherford.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna_(disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna
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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