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''Dear delinquent'' is a play by Jack Popplewell. Penelope Shawn is a very pretty, very appealing young girl who has a most unusual profession; she's a burglar. Burglary is part of her family's tradition. When David Warren finds her attempting to rob his apartment, he decides it's up to him to reform her. Penelope, who finds David most attractive, is more than willing to be reformed by him, but his fiancee, Helen Chandler, is not particularly enthusiastic about the idea.

== The original text ==
Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822202868.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]] [24.5.1958].

== Sources ==

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-''Dear Delinquent'' is a play by Jack Popplewell. Penelope Shawn is a very pretty, very appealing young girl who has a most unusual profession; she's a burglar. Burglary is part of her family's tradition. When David Warren finds her attempting to rob his apartment, he decides it's up to him to reform her. Penelope, who finds David most attractive, is more than willing to be reformed by him, but his fiancee, Helen Chandler, is not particularly enthusiastic about the idea.
+''Dear Delinquent'' is a play by English writer and playwright Jack Popplewell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Popplewell] (1911-1996). Penelope Shawn is a very pretty, very appealing young girl who has a most unusual profession; she's a burglar. Burglary is part of her family's tradition. When David Warren finds her attempting to rob his apartment, he decides it's up to him to reform her. Penelope, who finds David most attractive, is more than willing to be reformed by him, but his fiancee, Helen Chandler, is not particularly enthusiastic about the idea.
 == The original text ==
 Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822202868.

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-''Dear delinquent'' is a play by Jack Popplewell. Penelope Shawn is a very pretty, very appealing young girl who has a most unusual profession; she's a burglar. Burglary is part of her family's tradition. When David Warren finds her attempting to rob his apartment, he decides it's up to him to reform her. Penelope, who finds David most attractive, is more than willing to be reformed by him, but his fiancee, Helen Chandler, is not particularly enthusiastic about the idea.
+''Dear Delinquent'' is a play by Jack Popplewell. Penelope Shawn is a very pretty, very appealing young girl who has a most unusual profession; she's a burglar. Burglary is part of her family's tradition. When David Warren finds her attempting to rob his apartment, he decides it's up to him to reform her. Penelope, who finds David most attractive, is more than willing to be reformed by him, but his fiancee, Helen Chandler, is not particularly enthusiastic about the idea.
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 == Sources ==
+Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 1.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]