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Achilles an opera Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Congress

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Achilles an opera Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Congress

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as written by John Gay ; distinguishing also the variations of the theatre, as performed, in two acts, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the managers, by Mr. Wild, prompter. (statement of responsibility)
U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
"Prologue" in verse--p. 3; "A Table of the Songs" [acts I-III] with note: those airs marked thus (*) were introduced on its being performed in Covent-Garden Theatre in two acts"--p. 59.
Date of performance surmised from imprint.
"[D]eceperat omnes / (In quibus Ajacem) sumptæ fallacia vestis. Ovid. Metam. lib. 13"--title page.
"Naturam expellas furcâ licet, usque recurret. Hor."--title page.
Dramatis personae: Men, LYCOMEDES. Mr. Du-Bellamy -- DIPHILUS. Mr. Dyer -- ACHILLES. Mr. Mattocks -- ULYSSES. Mr. Owenson -- DIOMEDES. Mr. Fox -- AJAX. Mr. Dunstall -- PERIPHAS. Mr. Reinhold -- AGYRTES. Mr. Baker -- Women, THETIS. Miss Catley -- THEASPE. Mrs. Mattocks -- DEIDAMIA. Mrs. Poussin -- LESBIA. Miss Valois -- PHILOE. Miss Brown -- ARTEMONA. [no name given]--p. 4.
Performance: London, Covent Garden, 1777? (venue)

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01/01/1777
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england
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