Flora; an opera : As it is now acting at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Being the farce of The country-wake, alter'd after the manner of The beggar's opera. To which is added, the musick engrav'd on copper-plates. Written by a gentleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hippisley, John, d. 1748.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera--Early works to 1800.

Opera.

Genre:

Plays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32p.,8 plates ) engr.music ;

Other Title:

Flora an opera.

Flora; an opera.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Wood, in Little-Britain, and sold by most of the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXIX. [1729]

Notes:

A gentleman = John Hippisley.

An adaptation of Thomas Dogget's 'The country wake'.

In this issue, there is a line from Virgil on the titlepage.

Price from imprint: price 1 s.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N9842.

OCLC:

642233691