Difference between revisions of "The Man of Many Friends"

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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 .

Performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 1 September 1855.

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 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.

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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 ==The original text==
-Performed as ''[[Everybody's Friend]]'' at the Haymarket Theatre London on 2 April 1859. When performed at the St. James's, 16 October, 1867, it was renamed ''[[The Widow Hunt]]''.
+Performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 1 September 1855.
-London : T.H. Lacy, [1859?] in the series Lacy's acting edition, no. 588. and French's standard drama. The acting ed., no. CCCL.
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