The lord of the manor : a comic opera, adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Corporate Author: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Other Authors: Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799, Sedaine, 1719-1797, Lennox, Charlotte, approximately 1729-1804, Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784, Brocas, Henry, 1762-1837 (Engraver), Jackson, William, 1730-1803
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dublin : Printed by J. Chambers, for William Jones, No. 86, Dame-Street, M DCC XCIV. [1794]
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Description
Item Description:Taken from the Silvain of Marmontel.
The preface contains a discussion of English opera.
Frontispiece portrait of General Burgoyne by H. Brocas; stipple engraving.
[Music by] Mr. Jackson.
Libretto only.
"Regulated from the prompt-books, by permission of the Managers."
The plot of "The Heiress" is chiefly borrowed from Charlotte Lennox's "The sister", and partly from Diderot's "Le père de famille."
"Richard Coeur de Lion" translated from the French Monsr. Sedaine.
Leaf B5 of "Richard Coeur de Lion" is misnumbered B3.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Also issued as part of: Jones's British theatre, vol. VIII. Dublin, 1795.
Physical Description:xx, 94 pages : portrait ; 18 cm
Place of Publication:Ireland -- Dublin.