Man and Wife

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Man and Wife can refer to two plays:

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins

It was first published in 1870, it was dramatized and first performed at the haymarket Theatre, London, in 1886, with Cora Urquart Potter as "Anne Sylvester". The play was apparently a failure.

Man and Wife by Somerset Maugham

Man and Wife was the original title givedn to Maugham's play Penelope.

See the entry on Penelope

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.393

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