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Comus : a mask : (now adapted to the stage) : as alter'd from Milton's mask at Ludlow-Castle, which was never represented but on Michaelmas-Day, 1634, before the Right Honble. the Earl of Bridgewater, Lord President of Wales : the principal performers were the Lord Brackly, Mr. Tho. Egerton, the Lady Alice Egerton : the musick was composed by Mr. Henry Lawes ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
- Standardized Title:
- Comus. Libretto
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masques with music--Librettos.
- Masques with music.
- Librettos.
- Penn Provenance:
- Norris, Charles (autograph)
- Norris, Joseph Parker (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 61 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by J. Hughs ... for R. Dodsley ..., 1738.
- Notes:
- Adaptation by John Dalton.
- Original music by Lawes; music for this version composed by T.A. Arne.
- First performed 4 Mar. 1738.
- Signatures: [A] B-H .
- Half-title on leaf [A]1.
- Cast: p. [8].
- Without the music.
- Head- and tail-pieces; decorated initials; ornaments.
- Local Notes:
- With: The Westminster magazine. Vol. 13. London : Printed for John Walker, 1785.
- Cited in:
- Sonneck I 306
- New Grove I 609
- OCLC:
- 26836994
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