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''To What Red Hell'', by British playwright Percy Robinson, first performed in 1926, was successfully and twice made into a silent film. It is a melodrama concerning the death penalty. The body of a woman is found in a boarding house. At first she appears to have gassed herself, but it turns out that she has been strangled.
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''[[To What Red Hell]]'' is a play by British playwright Percy Robinson (born 1885) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732972/], first performed in 1926. Successfully and twice made into a silent film. It is a melodrama concerning the death penalty. The body of a woman is found in a boarding house. At first she appears to have gassed herself, but it turns out that she has been strangled.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Produced by [[Muriel Alexander]] for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Repertory Players]] (1929?), starring [[Sylvie Mathey]], [[Graham Daniels]], [[Phyllis Patley]], [[Bruce Lezard]], [[Henry Ginsberg]], [[A. Norris Goodman]] and others.
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1929: Produced by [[Muriel Alexander]] for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Repertory Players]] (1929?), starring [[Sylvie Mathey]], [[Graham Daniels]], [[Phyllis Patley]], [[Bruce Lezard]], [[Henry Ginsberg]], [[A. Norris Goodman]] and others.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
''Footlights'' 1(6):16, 1929.
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''[[Footlights]]'' 1(6):16, 1929.
  
 
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/2013/08/14/to-what-red-hell/
 
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/2013/08/14/to-what-red-hell/
  
 
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To What Red Hell is a play by British playwright Percy Robinson (born 1885) [1], first performed in 1926. Successfully and twice made into a silent film. It is a melodrama concerning the death penalty. The body of a woman is found in a boarding house. At first she appears to have gassed herself, but it turns out that she has been strangled.

Performance history in South Africa

1929: Produced by Muriel Alexander for the Repertory Players (1929?), starring Sylvie Mathey, Graham Daniels, Phyllis Patley, Bruce Lezard, Henry Ginsberg, A. Norris Goodman and others.

Sources

Footlights 1(6):16, 1929.

http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/2013/08/14/to-what-red-hell/

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