Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover
Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover is a romantic drama in two acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[].
Also found with the full title Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover, or The Fayre Lass of Lichfield.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Surry Theatre, London, 1839 and the Federal Street Theatre in Boston, 1849. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1839 and in New York by Samuel French in 1859.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed as Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover 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
Facsimile version of Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover, or The Fayre Lass of Lichfield, Thomas Hailes Lacy 1839 edition, Hathi Trust Digital Archive[1].
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012436005
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012436004
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 1,
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
