Gender:
Male
Oliver Surface contributed letters to the 'Metropolitan Stage' column in Bell's Life in Victoria (e.g. 4 November 1865, p2). He shares a similar surname to Charles Surface, the name attributed to the same column in 1866 (e.g. 29 September 1866, p2). It is yet to be established whether the two contributors are related or whether the names are pseudynoms for one critic.