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Catching an Heiress is a farce in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[].
Also found as Catching an Heiress, or Which is Which?.
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The original text
First performed in London in 1835 and first published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 19th century British drama no. 633 and as a Lacy's acting edition (no.582). Also published by Duncombe in 1836 (with George Daniel's The Disagreeable Surprise), as Issue 402 of Dicks' standard plays (with Hunting a Turtle) in 1883, and as Volume 47, Issue 10 of Acting plays by De Witt in 18** and by Duncombe and Company in 1899.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1863: Performed in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town by the 11th Regiment on 22 and 29 January, with Catherine Howard, or The Tomb, the Throne and the Scaffold (Dumas/Suter).
Sources
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22505159?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1542256498451&versionId=47519279
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Catching_an_Heiress.html?id=bpsinQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 131, 221
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