The three act successful farcical comedy, “The Electric Man,” which may
be obtained in manuscript from Messrs. Samuel French, Ltd., was first
presented at the King’s Theatre, Hammersmith, with Mr. Harcourt Beatty
in the leading rôle, and was subsequently put on for a West End run
at the Royalty Theatre on November 10, 1906, with Mr. Harry Nicholls
as the Electric Man, the piece being transferred to the Shaftesbury
Theatre on Boxing Day of the same year.
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The condensed one act form of the play which follows was produced by
Mr. Harry Nicholls at the Chelsea Palace and Metropolitan 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.
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