The Man of Many Friends

The Man of Many Friends is an original comedy in three acts by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1]

Not to be confused with Coyne's three act drama called Everybody's Friend and later known as The Widow Hunt .

The original text

Performed as Everybody's Friend at the Haymarket Theatre London on 2 April 1859. When performed at the St. James's, 16 October, 1867, it was renamed The Widow Hunt.

London : T.H. Lacy, [1859?] in the series Lacy's acting edition, no. 588. and French's standard drama. The acting ed., no. CCCL.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 1 October with Two Heads are Better than One (Horne), with Railway Overture by the Corps of S.A. Minstrels.

1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 9 October: Two Heads are Better than One (Horne) with Railway Overture by the Corps of S.A. Minstrels and interlude of songs such as Lord Lovell etc. by a "lady from London". This performance took place in the Theatre Royal under the patronage of the Governor of the Cape.