The padlock
Subtitle: a comic opera, in three acts
By: by Isaac Bickerstaff ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.-G. ; to which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business ; as performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a engraving, by Mr. White, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank
Contributors: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Gallot, Mr; Lee, A., Mr; West, W., Mr; Coveney, Mr; Cooke, Mr; Bartolozzi, Miss
Publisher: G.H. Davidson, Peter's Hill, Doctors' Commons, between St. Paul's and Upper Thames Street
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Librettos; Operas
Work titles: Padlock. Libretto. English
Notes: U.S. RISM Libretto Project.

Two acts; notation on title page: Dibdin; illustration of act 2, scene 1 at Mungo's line: Let me, when my heart a sinking, hear de sweet guitar a clinking--p. 4; "Remarks" signed: D.-G.--p. 5; costume descriptions--p. 6; cast list for 1825 Covent Garden performance--p. 6.

Date of publication surmised from cast list--p. 6.

Music by Charles Dibdin--New Grove.

Cast of the characters, as performed at the Haymarket, 1828: DON DIEGO. Mr. Gallot -- LEANDER. Mr. A. Lee -- MUNGO. Mr. W. West -- FIRST SCHOLAR. Mr. Coveney -- SECOND SCHOLAR. Mr. Cooke -- LEONORA. Miss Bartoluzzi -- URSULA. Mrs. Tayleure--p. 6.

Performance: London, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1828.