According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.

Not to be confused with the 2001 American film called Human Nature'

Human Nature (1867)

A light comedy written by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[1] and T.J. Williams (fl 1860s).

The original text

Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Human Nature (1885)

A drama written by Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[2] and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[3]

The original text

Probably an adaptation of his father's earlier work by the younger Harris. First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1904: The Drury Lane (i.e. Pettitt and Harris) version performed by Leonard Rayne and his company in the Opera House , Cape Town in the first half of the year.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[4]

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

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)

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.420

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