Mice and Men

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Mice and Men is a romantic comedy in four acts by Madeleine Lucette Ryley (1858–1934)[1]

Not to be confused with the dramatized versions of Steinbeck's novel/play Of Mice and Men (19**).

The original text

A play about a man who sets out to create the perfect wife by adopting an orphan. His work is a success until the girl falls in love with another man. Ultimately, he must give her up and become satisfied with knowing, he did create the perfect wife, albeit for someone else.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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: pp.203-205

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Mark Embury sets out to create the perfect wife by adopting Peggy. His work is a success until the girl falls in love with another man. Ultimately, he must give her up and become satisfied with knowing, he did create the perfect wife, albeit for someone else.

Theatre Royal, Manchester, Lyric Theatre, London, Garrick Theatre) (1901), Broadway 1903 Published by Samuel French 1909.


Made into Mice and Men is a lost 1916 silent romance film directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring Marguerite Clark,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Lucette_Ryley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mice_and_Men_(film)