The Man of Many Friends
The Man of Many Friends is an original comedy in three acts by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1]
Not to be confused with Coyne's three act drama called Everybody's Friend and later known as The Widow Hunt .
Contents
The original text
Performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 1 September 1855, and published by T.H. Lacy in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 1 October with Two Heads are Better than One (Horne), with Railway Overture by the Corps of S.A. Minstrels.
1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 9 October: Two Heads are Better than One (Horne) with Railway Overture by the Corps of S.A. Minstrels and an interlude of songs such as Lord Lovell etc. by a "lady from London". This performance took place in the Theatre Royal under the patronage of the Governor of the Cape.
Sources
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Coyne,_Joseph_Stirling_(DNB00)
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[2]
http://www.worldcat.org/title/everybodys-friend-an-original-comedy-in-three-acts/oclc/8543414
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.154, 156
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