A Man's Shadow

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The original text

A man murders a Jewish moneylender, but his doppelganger is accused of the crime.


Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English as A Man's Shadow by Robert Buchanan (1841-1901)[1]. First produced in 1890.

Made into a 1920 British silent crime film called A Man's Shadow directed by Sidney Morgan.[2]

Performance history in South Africa

1894: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of their second season.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man%27s_Shadow

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.394-5

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