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Don Giovanni, or A spectre on horseback a comic, heroic, operatic, tragic, pantomimic, burletta-spectacular-extravaganza, in two acts

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Don Giovanni, or A spectre on horseback a comic, heroic, operatic, tragic, pantomimic, burletta-spectacular-extravaganza, in two acts

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by Thomas Dibdin, Esq. ... ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.G. ; to which are added, a description of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions if the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business ; as performed at the Theatres Royal, London. (statement of responsibility)
U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
Price on front cover:6d; advertisements--front cover; publisher's list--inside front cover; notation on title page: The music arranged and composed by Sanderson; list of librettist's works--title page; "Remarks" by D.G.--p. 3; "Memoir of Mr. Fitzwilliam" by D.G.--p. 5; costume descriptions--p. 6; cast list for Surry [Theatre], 1817 with notation "12 Mai"--p. 6; "Grand Overture - Mozart"--p.7; publisher's list--inside back cover and back cover.
Illustration: "Mr. Fitzwilliam as Leporello, pub. June 1 1829 by John Cumberland, 6 Becknock Place, Camdentown"--p. [2].
"Embellished with a portrait of Mr. Fitzwilliam, in the character of Leporello, Engraved on steel by Mr. Woolnoth, from an original drawing by Mr. Wageman"--title page.
Cast of the characters Drury Lane, 1829: DON GIOVANNI. Miss Love -- DON GUZMAN AND GHOST OF HIMSELF. Mr. Bedford -- DON OCTAVIO. Mr. Bland -- LEPORELLO. Mr. Harley -- BRIDEGROOM. Mr. Robinson -- BRIDEGROOM'S FATHER. Mr. Browne -- BRIDEGROOM'S BROTHER. Master Baker -- DONNA ANNA. Miss A. Tree -- BRIDE. Miss Russell -- CONTADINA. Miss Weston -- BRIDEGROOM'S MOTHER. Mr. Bartlett -- LOBSTERETTA. Mrs. C. Jones -- SHRIMPERINA. Mrs. Orger--p. 6.
Performance: London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1829. (venue)

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01/01/1829
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