Fish for the repertory company at Forepaugh's Family Theatre in Philadelphia, where it debuted in March 1897. Hyde, Or a Mis-Spent Life was written by Luella Forepaugh and George F. Later that year it competed directly with Sullivan's 1887 adaptation, when both opened in London within days of each other. It opened at Niblo's Garden in March 1887 with Bandmann in the title role. Hyde was written by John McKinney in collaboration with the actor Daniel E. Sullivan reworked the plot to centre around a domestic love interest. It became forever linked with Richard Mansfield's performance he continued playing the part until shortly before his death in 1907. The first serious theatrical rendering, it went on to tour Britain and ran for 20 years. Notable examples are listed below in chronological order. Troy Howarth calls Stephenson's novella "the most filmed work of literature in the silent era. There are over 123 film versions, not including stage and radio, as well as a number of parodies and imitations. While Hyde is portrayed in the novella as an evil-looking man of diminutive height, many adaptations have taken liberties with the character's physical appearance, sometimes depicting him with bestial or monstrous features. Many adaptations also introduce a romantic element which does not exist in the original story. Most omit the figure of Utterson, telling the story from Jekyll's and Hyde's viewpoint and often having them played by the same actor, thus eliminating entirely the mystery aspect of the true identity of Hyde, which was the original's twist ending and not the basic premise it is today. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, and since the 1880s dozens of stage and film adaptations have been produced, although there have been no major adaptations to date that remain faithful to the narrative structure of Stevenson's original. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an 1886 novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.