Difference between revisions of "The Second Mrs Tanqueray"
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1929: Presented by the Dramatic Section of the [[Jewish Guild]] (Johannesburg), produced by [[Anita Colman]] and [[Maurice H. Mendelsohn]] in March 1929. With [[Ivan Schroder]], [[Maurice Horwitz]], [[Robert Stromin]], [[Theodore Sachs]], [[Alec Witkin]], [[Anita Colman]], [[Bertha Grevler]], [[Gertrude Wade]], [[Rhoda Fridjhon]], [[Wilfred Patley|Wilfred H. Patley]], [[Campbell Singer]]. | 1929: Presented by the Dramatic Section of the [[Jewish Guild]] (Johannesburg), produced by [[Anita Colman]] and [[Maurice H. Mendelsohn]] in March 1929. With [[Ivan Schroder]], [[Maurice Horwitz]], [[Robert Stromin]], [[Theodore Sachs]], [[Alec Witkin]], [[Anita Colman]], [[Bertha Grevler]], [[Gertrude Wade]], [[Rhoda Fridjhon]], [[Wilfred Patley|Wilfred H. Patley]], [[Campbell Singer]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:25, 5 May 2021
The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893), by Sir Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1935). In this play a woman with a past finds that her now grown daughter has fallen in love with her own former lover. Suicide brings the plot to its conclusion.
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.
1929: Presented by the Dramatic Section of the Jewish Guild (Johannesburg), produced by Anita Colman and Maurice H. Mendelsohn in March 1929. With Ivan Schroder, Maurice Horwitz, Robert Stromin, Theodore Sachs, Alec Witkin, Anita Colman, Bertha Grevler, Gertrude Wade, Rhoda Fridjhon, Wilfred H. Patley, Campbell Singer.
Sources
World Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
Footlights, 1(3):14. 1929.
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