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| + | ''Not to be confused with Coyne's three act drama called ''[[Everybody's Friend]]'' and later known as ''[[The Widow Hunt]]'' ''. | ||
==The original text== | ==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]]''. | ||
London : T.H. Lacy, [1859?] in the series Lacy's acting edition, no. 588. and French's standard drama. The acting ed., no. CCCL. | 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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http://www.worldcat.org/title/everybodys-friend-an-original-comedy-in-three-acts/oclc/8543414 | http://www.worldcat.org/title/everybodys-friend-an-original-comedy-in-three-acts/oclc/8543414 | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 8 June 2018
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 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.
London : T.H. Lacy, [1859?] in the series Lacy's acting edition, no. 588. and French's standard drama. The acting ed., no. CCCL.
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 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)
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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