Hunting a Turtle - Revision history

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 ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' is a farce in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Selby].
-Also found as ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]''.
+Also found as '''''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'''''.
 ==The original text==
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 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22505159?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1542256498451&versionId=47519279
 CUP Archive. ''A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850'', Cambridge University Press, p. 387[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=Catching+an+Heiress,+or+Which+is+Which?+by+Selby&source=bl&ots=kdiOLoDd6x&sig=tu6rEaqXeoNCivFL3mPwNGRSfPU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIp4WgztXeAhUH4YUKHYSWDBg4ChDoATAAegQIABAB#v=onepage&q=Catching%20an%20Heiress%2C%20or%20Which%20is%20Which%3F%20by%20Selby&f=false]

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 : Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 11 March, with ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry).
-: Performed, as a special request for Lady Wodehouse (wife of the Governor) as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 18 June, with ''[[Good for Evil, or A Wife's Trial]]'' (Augier), ''[[The Actress of All Work]]'' and a popular "dance-song", ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''.
+: Performed, as a special request for Lady Wodehouse (wife of the Governor) as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 18 June, with ''[[Good for Evil, or A Wife's Trial]]'' (Augier), ''[[The Actress of All Work]]'' (Oxberry) and a popular "dance-song", ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 : Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 11 March, with ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry).
-: Performed, as a special request for Lady Wodehouse (wife of the Governor) as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 18 June, with ''[[Good for Evil, or A Wife's Trial]]'' (Augier) and a popular "dance-song", ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''.
+: Performed, as a special request for Lady Wodehouse (wife of the Governor) as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 18 June, with ''[[Good for Evil, or A Wife's Trial]]'' (Augier), ''[[The Actress of All Work]]'' and a popular "dance-song", ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 : Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 11 March, with ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry).
 : Performed, as a special request for Lady Wodehouse (wife of the Governor) as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 18 June, with ''[[Good for Evil, or A Wife's Trial]]'' (Augier) and a popular "dance-song", ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-First performed in  The Queen's Theatre, London on the 14th September, 1835 and at the American Theatre, Philadelphia and the Franklin Theatre, New York in the same year. First published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 19th century British drama no. 633 and as a Lacy's acting edition (no.582). Also published in ''Turner's Dramatic Library'' by Turner and Fischer, Philadelphia, in 1836(?) and as Issue 402 of Dicks' standard plays (with ''[[Catching an Heiress]]'' by Selby) in 1883.
+First performed in  The Queen's Theatre, London on the 14th September, 1835 and at the American Theatre, Philadelphia and the Franklin Theatre, New York in the same year. First published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in Volume xl. Also published in ''Turner's Dramatic Library'' by Turner and Fischer, Philadelphia, in 1836 and as Issue 402 of Dicks' standard plays (with ''[[Catching an Heiress]]'' by Selby) in 1883.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
-Facsimile version of the Turner and Fisher edition, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/huntingturtleori00selb/page/10[
+Facsimile version of the Turner and Fisher edition, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/huntingturtleori00selb/page/10]
 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22505159?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1542256498451&versionId=47519279

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	1862: Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 26th June, with ''[[The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril]]'' (Coyne).		1862: Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 26th June, with ''[[The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril]]'' (Coyne).

−	1866: Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy -Duret Company]] on 11 March, with ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry).	+	1866: Performed as ''[[Hunting a Turtle]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 11 March, with ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry).