The fairy-queen: : an opera. Represented at the Queen's-Theatre by Their Majesties Servants..
Settle, Elkanah,1648-1724.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616Midsummer night's dream.
Purcell, Henry,1659-1695.
London, : Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-Head, in Chancery-Lane. 1692. Where you may have compleat sets of Mr. Dryden's Works in four volumes; the plays in the order they were written.,
[1692]
Libretto perhaps by E. Settle. Cf. Loewenberg, A. Annals of opera, 1597-1940; Brown, F.C. Elkanah Settle, p. 95-96. Based on Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream.
Libretto only. The music was written by Henry Purcell. Cf. New Grove.
In this issue there are [6] preliminary pages, i.e. p. [1] t.p., [2] blank, [3]-[4] preface, [5] prologue, [6] "The names of the persons".
Quire B in 2 settings; on leaf B1r, stage directions begin: Setting 1) "Enter Duke", or Setting 2) "Enter Quince".
Quire G in 2 settings; leaf G1r, line 4 has: Setting A) "flower", or Setting B) "Flower".
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Wing (2nd ed.)
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