The Man Who Was
The Man Who Was is a play by F. Kinsey Peile (1862–1934)[1].
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The original text
Based on the eponymous story by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) [2], that first appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine of April 1890 and Harper’s Weekly on 15 April the same year. Though Kipling initially objected to the introduction of a "love interest", he finally agreed to Peile's stage adaptation being performed by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) at His Majesty's Theatre on 8 June. Tree later performed it at Drury Lane in London in 1907, and toured with it in theatres and music-halls, playing the part of "Limmason".
The text was first published in 1903 by unnamed publisher.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1906: Performed as part of his repertoire by William Haviland and his company while on tour, appearing in the Opera House, Cape Town in July and August.
Sources
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_manwhowas1.htm
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82228601/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
Andrew Lycett. 2015. Rudyard Kipling. Hachette, UK.[3]
"Kinsey Peile" In: Wikipedia[4].
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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