This article is about the 1904 play.
An African Millionaire is also the title of an 1897 novel by
Grant Allen.
1904 play
| An African Millionaire |
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| Written by | Edgar Wallace |
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| Date premiered | 1904 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Genre | Drama |
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An African Millionaire is a 1904 play by the British writer Edgar Wallace, then a journalist working for the Daily Mail.
It was his first play, and proved to be a major flop, running for only six performances in a Cape Town theatre, before being withdrawn after a very poor reception from critics.[1] Wallace had previously spent several years in South Africa working as a journalist, and modelled the story on the life of Cecil Rhodes. His expectations that the play would be a hit and then transfer to London and other cities of the Empire provided unfounded.[1]
Wallace's popular thriller novel The Four Just Men was published the following year launching his career as a fiction author.
References
Bibliography
- Clark, Neil. Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2015.
