THE ELECTRIC MAN
THE ELECTRIC MAN
BEING THE ONE ACT VERSION OF THE
SUCCESSFUL THREE ACT FARCICAL
COMEDY OF THE SAME NAME
By
CHARLES HANNAN
Author of
“A Cigarette Maker’s Romance,” “Master of the Situation,” “The
Coachman with Yellow Lace,” “Iron Hand and Velvet Glove,”
“The World’s Way,” “United States,” “Sweet Olivia,”
“Richard Wye,” “The New Groom,” “The Setting
of the Sun,” “The Gipsy,” “A Fragment,” “The
Lily of the Field,” etc., etc., and in
collaboration with Wilson Barrett,
“Our Pleasant Sins.”
Copyright, 1910, by Samuel French, Ltd
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Any costumes, wigs or properties used in the performanceof “The Electric Man” may be hired orpurchased reasonably from Messrs. C. H. Fox, Ltd.,27, Wellington Street, Strand, London.
THE ELECTRIC MAN.
The three act successful farcical comedy, “The ElectricMan,” which may be obtained in manuscript from Messrs.Samuel French, Ltd., was first presented at the King’sTheatre, Hammersmith, with Mr. Harcourt Beatty in theleading rôle, and was subsequently put on for a West Endrun at the Royalty Theatre on November 10, 1906, with Mr.Harry Nicholls as the Electric Man, the piece being transferredto the Shaftesbury Theatre on Boxing Day of the sameyear.
The condensed one act form of the play which follows wasproduced by Mr. Harry Nicholls at the Chelsea Palace andMetropolitan Halls with the greatest success on July 29,1907, cast thus:—
| Walter Everest and The Electric Man | Mr. Harry Nicholls. |
| Dr. Jack Strange, a young physician, his friend | Mr. Loring Fernie. |
| Stella, Jack’s sister, Walter’s fiancée | Miss Fitzgerald. |
| Mrs. Anderson, his landlady | Miss Nellie Dade. |
| Jobbins, a private detective and inquiry agent | Mr. Thorpe Tracey. |
Period: Present day. Morning.
Time of representation: Twenty-six minutes.
NOTES.
Walter and the