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The Happy Man is a extravaganza in one act by Samuel Lover (1797-1868)[1]

Described as "an extravaganza in one act" and performed in the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1839 and The National Theatre, Boston 1846.

Published in J. Dicks Standard Plays (1883) and W. V. Spencer, Boston in Spencer's Boston Theatre XLIII (18**).

1859: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Harrington Street Theatre on 5 December. Billed as a one act burlesque acts, with a Spanish dance as interlude and Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge (Buckstone), it is strangely listed by Bosman (1980, pp.78 and 514) as The Happy Man, or the Legend of the -. (This may possibly be intended to refer to an alternative title, such as "The Legend of the Happy Man"?)

1860: Performed by the Alfred Dramatic Club, in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 27 December, with Dido, the Queen of Carthage (Burnand).

Frederick Wilse Bateson (ed). 1969The Cambridge Bibliography of English literature. 2. 1660-1800, Volume 3. CUP Archive: p. 407[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 78, 158, 281, 514.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: It was performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 5 December.  Billed as a one act burlesque acts, with a Spanish dance as interlude and ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' (Buckstone), it is strangely listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, pp.78 and 514)  as ''[[The Happy Man, or the Legend of the -]]''. (This may possibly be intended to refer to an alternative title, such as "''[[The Legend of the Happy Man]]''"?)
+: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 5 December.  Billed as a one act burlesque acts, with a Spanish dance as interlude and ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' (Buckstone), it is strangely listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, pp.78 and 514)  as ''[[The Happy Man, or the Legend of the -]]''. (This may possibly be intended to refer to an alternative title, such as "''[[The Legend of the Happy Man]]''"?)
+: Performed by the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]], in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town,  on 27 December, with ''[[Dido, the Queen of Carthage]]'' (Burnand).
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