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Mark Ambient
1860–1937
Best remembered for the lively Edwardian musical comedy The Arcadians, this English dramatist also appeared on stage and published at least one farce that has survived in digital form. Writing under the pen name Mark Ambient, he moved between acting and playwriting with an easy theatrical touch.
1 Audiobook
Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
by Mark Ambient
About the author
Born Harold Harley in Rastrick, Yorkshire, on June 20, 1860, he later wrote under the name Mark Ambient. Sources describe him as an English actor and dramatist, and note that he was educated at Mill Hill School in London and at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1884.
He is most closely associated with The Arcadians, the hit musical comedy he co-wrote with Alexander M. Thompson, first produced in London in 1909. The show became his best-known theatrical success and helped secure his place in the world of Edwardian musical theatre.
His work also includes Oh! Susannah!, a farcical comedy that remains available through Project Gutenberg. He died in Brighton, Sussex, on August 11, 1937.