Hunting a Turtle

Hunting a Turtle is a farce in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[1].

Also found as Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit.

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 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.

Performance history in South Africa

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 16th June, with Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment (Sterling).

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).

1867: 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

Facsimile version of the Turner and Fisher edition, The Internet Archive[2]

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[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 130-1, 203, 210-211.

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