Achilles
Subtitle: an opera
By: as written by John Gay ; distinguishing also the variations of the theatre, as performed, in two acts, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the managers, by Mr. Wild, prompter
Contributors: Du-Bellamy, Mr; Dyer, Michael, d. 1774, Mr; Mattocks, Mr; Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859; Fox, Mr; Dunstall, John, 1717-1778, Mr; Reinhold, George Christopher, Mr; Baker, Mr; Catley, Ann, 1745-1789, Miss; Mattocks, Mrs; Poussin, Father; Valois, Jean, Miss
Series: Bell's edition
Publisher: Printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; and C. Etherington, at York
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Librettos; Operas
Notes: U.S. RISM Libretto Project.

"Prologue" in verse--p. 3; "A Table of the Songs" [acts I-III] with note: those airs marked thus (*) were introduced on its being performed in Covent-Garden Theatre in two acts"--p. 59.

Date of performance surmised from imprint.

"[D]eceperat omnes / (In quibus Ajacem) sumptæ fallacia vestis. Ovid. Metam. lib. 13"--title page.

"Naturam expellas furcâ licet, usque recurret. Hor."--title page.

Dramatis personae: Men, LYCOMEDES. Mr. Du-Bellamy -- DIPHILUS. Mr. Dyer -- ACHILLES. Mr. Mattocks -- ULYSSES. Mr. Owenson -- DIOMEDES. Mr. Fox -- AJAX. Mr. Dunstall -- PERIPHAS. Mr. Reinhold -- AGYRTES. Mr. Baker -- Women, THETIS. Miss Catley -- THEASPE. Mrs. Mattocks -- DEIDAMIA. Mrs. Poussin -- LESBIA. Miss Valois -- PHILOE. Miss Brown -- ARTEMONA. [no name given]--p. 4.

Performance: London, Covent Garden, 1777?