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The Bow-street opera : in three acts / written on the plan of The beggar's opera ; all the most celebrated songs of which are parodied, and the whole piece adapted to modern times, manners, and characters.
- Format:
- Microformat
- Series:
- Three centuries of drama. English, 1751-1800.
- Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780--Cartoons, satire, etc.
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797--Cartoons, satire, etc.
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797.
- Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780.
- Genre:
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 44 pages
- 6x9 in.
- monochrome
- positive
- Other Title:
- The Bow street opera.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for T. Mariner ... and T. Astill, [1773]
- Notes:
- For a listing of titles in each box consult Three centuries of English and American plays.
- Libretto only.
- Without the music composed by Pepusch; cf. Grove's 5th ed.
- Satire on Sir John Fielding and John Wilkes.
- Publication date from Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1952: v. 3, p. 320.
- Microopaque. New York : Readex Microprint, 1955. 1 microopaque ; 23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1751-1800) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830)
- OCLC:
- 9807917
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