


Collection Description
Collection Title
Fifth Night, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1780?)
Unique Identifier
1344.m.31
Description
An undated wordbook for the Fifth Night, given at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London [in 1780?].
This was a three-act performance divided as follows:
Part I: A Selection of Sacred Music (consisting of extracts from the oratorios of Handel).
Parts II and III: The Favourite Serenata of Acis and Galatea.
The workbook cites the following vocal performers: Miss Leake, Signora Storace, Mrs Bland and Mrs Crouch; Master Welsh, Mr Dignum, Mr Kelly and Mr Meredith.
This was a three-act performance divided as follows:
Part I: A Selection of Sacred Music (consisting of extracts from the oratorios of Handel).
Parts II and III: The Favourite Serenata of Acis and Galatea.
The workbook cites the following vocal performers: Miss Leake, Signora Storace, Mrs Bland and Mrs Crouch; Master Welsh, Mr Dignum, Mr Kelly and Mr Meredith.
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1780? - 1780?
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