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Revision as of 05:56, 10 June 2018
The Unfinished Gentleman is a farce in one act by Charles Selby (ca.1802-1863)[1].
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The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 2 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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