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''[[Oh! Susannah!]]'' is comedy by Mark Ambient ()[].  
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''[[Oh! Susannah!]]'' is a farcical comedy in three acts by Mark Ambient (1860-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ambient].  
  
''Not to be confused with "'''Oh! Susanna'''", the popular [[minstrel]] song written by Stephen Foster (1847)''
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''Not to be confused with "'''Oh! Susanna'''", the popular [[minstrel]] song written by Stephen Foster (1847)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna]''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Written and performed in 1897
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First performed at the Eden Theatre, Brighton, on September 6th, 1897, afterwards played at the Royalty Theatre, London.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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1908: Performed in South Africa by the [[Leonard Rayne]] company, with a cast that included [[Naomi Rutherford]].
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna_(disambiguation)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna_(disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Susanna
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ambient
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Maryna Fraser. 1985. ''Johannesburg Pioneer Journals, 1888-1909''. Van Riebeeck Society: p. 257
  
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Latest revision as of 06:15, 6 July 2020

Oh! Susannah! is a farcical comedy in three acts by Mark Ambient (1860-1937)[1].

Not to be confused with "Oh! Susanna", the popular minstrel song written by Stephen Foster (1847)[2]

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

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

Maryna Fraser. 1985. Johannesburg Pioneer Journals, 1888-1909. Van Riebeeck Society: p. 257

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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