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.
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.
