Charles Selby (c. 1802 – 1863) was a 19th-century English actor and playwright, and translator of many French plays (often without attribution, not uncommon at the time).
Among his works was The Marble Heart (1854), a translation of Théodore Barrière's Les Filles de marbre.
The play is best known today for a 9 November 1863 performance in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln watched John Wilkes Booth, playing the villain Raphael.
"[1][2][3] Selby died at his home in Covent Garden, London, on 21 March 1863 and buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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