There appear to be two plays by this name:

A Woman of Impulse by Victor Widnell (1902)

A Woman of Impulse by Victor Widnell ()[], is variously described as an "intense drama" and a "comedy-drama" and was first produced in Liverpool on March 24 , 1902[1] . Performed in Australia circa 1912.[2]

Translations and adaptations

A Woman of Impulse by Louis K. Anspacher (1909)

A Woman of Impulse by Louis K. Anspacher (1878-1947)[3], opened at the Herald Square Theatre, on Broadway in New York Theatre on 1 March, 1909[4].

Translations and adaptations

There were two silent films called A Woman of Impulse, the one seemingly a Danish production (1915)[5], 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.[6]

Performance history in South Africa of plays called A Woman of Impulse

1910: A Woman of Impulse 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 ascribed to Victor Widnell by F.C.L. Bosman (1980) and referred to as a "comedy".

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

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15376054

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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