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== Sources ==
 
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Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/unfinishedgentle00selb]
 
Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/unfinishedgentle00selb]

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The Unfinished Gentleman is a farce in one act by Charles Selby (ca.1802-1863)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 1 December, 1834. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1834.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed as The Unfinished Gentleman on 18 February in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club with The Plagued Professor ("An Original Interlude expressly written for this occasion" by Cresswell, "characters by members of the Royal Alfred Club) and Duchess or Nothing (Gordon).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Selby

Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, The Internet Archive[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 154

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