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Title: Oh! Susannah!
A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts

Author: Mark Ambient

Release Date: June 12, 2007 [EBook #21820]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by David Widger

OH! SUSANNAH!

By Mark Ambient

Produced at the Eden Theatre, Brighton, on September 6th, 1897,
afterwards played at the Royalty Theatre, London.

Scene:-Doctor's Consulting Room, 13 Marmalade St., Pimlico.

Time:-Lady Day, 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. The action is continuous
throughout the 3 Acts.

Time of representation.

Act I. 53 minutes.

Act II. 32 minutes. (One hour and three quarters.)

Act III. 20 minutes.

PROPERTIES.

On bureau. Whiskey decanter, water, glasses.

Below bureau. Pail with water and house flannel.

In med. chest. Small bottles of coloured water, medicine-glass
and roll of lint.

On steps Feather brush.

On ped. cupboard. Case of surgical knives.

On doctor's table. Microscope, test tubes, phials, double
stethoscope, eye-glass, stationery cabinet with note-paper, pen,
pencil, calendar, Bradshaw, blotter, scribbling block, hand bell,
ash-tray with cigarette ends and matches.

In mirror. Invitation cards (Sir Peter-Mrs. O'Hara).

On sofa. Cushions.

Off stage. Front door bell.

HAND PROPERTIES.

Doctor. Act 1. Gladstone bag packed with books, papers and one
collar. Photo of Flo in pocket.

Act 2. Aunt's letter, also Flo's photo and coppers.

Andrew. Act 3. Pipe and baccy.

Waverly. Act 1. Detective camera in form of turnip watch.

Act 2. Walking stick (for Pearl's Bus.)

Plant. Act 1. Pocket hair brush-mirror at back.

Act 3. Small black bag-deed inside.

Tupper. Act 1. Crumpled telegram in pocket. Landlady's account
book.

Flo. Act 2. Two bags and two parcels.

Act 3. Bundle of aunt's clothes (wet).

Ruby. Act 1. Andrew's letter.

Act 2. Visiting card.

Pearl. Act 2. Sporting Times.

Act 3. Pearl necklace in case.

Aurora. Act 1. Six letters in blue envelopes, pair of paste hair
combs (in pocket), duster, tea-things, grotesquely big brown
earthenware tea-