Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover
Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover is a romantic drama in two acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Surry Theatre, London, 1839 and the Federal Street Theatre in Boston, 1849
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed by the Valorous Amateurs (amateur players from H.M.S. Valorous) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town on 17 November, with Ben Bolt (Johnstone) and Betsy Baker (Morton).
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012436004
Facsimile version of the American edition by T.S. Denison, Chicago, Hathi Trust Digital Archive[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 1,
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