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''[[The Freedom of Suzanne]]'' is a comedy by Cosmo Gordon Lennox ()[].
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''[[The Freedom of Suzanne]]'' is a light comedy by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox (1869-1921)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502082/].
  
1906: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] by a company that included [[Herbert Greville]], [[Miss Housley]] and [[Wilfred E. Payne]], as part of a season of plays that began on 27 August.
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==The original text==
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Founded in part on Gyp's French novel ''Autour du Divorce'' (Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1886)[https://archive.org/details/autourdudivorce00gyp1/page/n10], it was written as a vehicle for the author's wife, Marie Tempest (in the role of "Suzanne Trevor").
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First produced at the Criterion Theatre in London, opening on 15th November 1904, it had 177 performances, playing till 5 April, 1904. Produced at the Empire Theatre on Broadway by Charles Frohman, it opened on 19 April and had 26 performances.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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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]].
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== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1886 novel ''Autour du Divorce'', [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/autourdudivorce00gyp1/page/n10 ]
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https://www.prints-online.com/freedom-suzanne-c-gordon-lennox-14417808.html
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https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-freedom-of-suzanne-6091
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502082/
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J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 207). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA423&lpg=PA423&dq=The+Degenerates+by+Sydney+Grundy&source=bl&ots=hfkW_7Th6z&sig=ACfU3U0CNYqCdoRX2fVg2R6zuWUn3CkPBw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9rMGtwYbkAhX0XxUIHd8gAlYQ6AEwEHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Degenerates%20by%20Sydney%20Grundy&f=false]
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[[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.)
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[[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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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]
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Latest revision as of 06:39, 9 January 2020

The Freedom of Suzanne is a light comedy by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox (1869-1921)[1].

The original text

Founded in part on Gyp's French novel Autour du Divorce (Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1886)[2], it was written as a vehicle for the author's wife, Marie Tempest (in the role of "Suzanne Trevor").

First produced at the Criterion Theatre in London, opening on 15th November 1904, it had 177 performances, playing till 5 April, 1904. Produced at the Empire Theatre on Broadway by Charles Frohman, it opened on 19 April and had 26 performances.

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.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1886 novel Autour du Divorce, The Internet Archive[3]

https://www.prints-online.com/freedom-suzanne-c-gordon-lennox-14417808.html

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

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502082/

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 207). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[4]

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

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page