1 option
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 Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bridgewater, Lord President of Wales : The Principal Performers were The Lord Brackley, Mr. Tho. Egerton, The Lady Alice Egerton : The music was composed by Mr. Henry Lawes, Who also represented the Attendant Spirit.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection ML52.2.C6 A7 1749
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
- Standardized Title:
- Comus. Libretto
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masques with music--Librettos.
- Masques with music.
- Genre:
- Librettos.
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 63 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- Second edition, corrected / To which is added, the prologue and epilogue.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed for G. Risk, G. and A. Ewing, and W. Smith, in Dame-Street, and G. Faulkner, in Essex-Street, Booksellers, 1749.
- Notes:
- Adaptation by John Dalton.
- Without the music.
- Original music by Lawes; music for this version composed by T.A. Arne. Cf. Sonneck.
- Braces in imprint.
- This version first printed London, 1738.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T163123.
- Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos, 1, p.306.
- OCLC:
- 764321659
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.