Hunting a Turtle

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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 15th July, 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 Catching an Heiress by Selby) 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

Sources

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[2]

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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