The welsh opera : or, the grey mare the better horse. As it is acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. Written by Scriblerus Secundus, Author of the Tragedy of Tragedies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballad operas--Librettos--Early works to 1800.

Ballad operas.

Genre:

Plays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],ii,iii,[1],39,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Welsh opera

Place of Publication:

London : printed by E. Rayner, and sold by H. Cook, at the Hawk, near Water-Lane, and at the Golden-Ball, near Chancery-Lane, both in Fleet-Street, [1731]

Notes:

Scriblerus Secundus = Henry Fielding.

Without the music.

The first unauthorized version of 'The Grub-Street opera', with 31 songs.

The second unauthorized version, 'The genuine Grub-Street opera', has 57 songs; the authorized version, 'The Grub-Street opera', has 65 songs.

With a half-title.

The titlepage is a cancel.

Publication date from W. L. Cross, 'The history of Henry Fielding', vol. 3, p. 293.

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

Cross, W., III 293

English Short Title Catalog, N25836.

OCLC:

642179974