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''[[The Man of Many Friends]]'' is an original comedy in three acts  by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Coyne,_Joseph_Stirling_(DNB00)]


''Not to be confused with Coyne's three act drama called ''[[Everybody's Friend]]'' and later known as ''[[The Widow Hunt]]'' ''. 

==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[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=The+Man+of+Many+Friends++by+Coyne&source=bl&ots=d77yuBZouf&sig=j9jkFhwnrdDds5xT472cOPcZev4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK_-6PnsTbAhUlC8AKHY_lDOEQ6AEIUDAL#v=onepage&q=The%20Man%20of%20Many%20Friends%20%20by%20Coyne&f=false]

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.153

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