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Ballad operas - Librettos - Early works to 1800

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    Polly an opera. Being the sequel of The beggar's opera. Written by Gay. With alterations. As acted at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market.

    Gay, John, 1685-1732. | Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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    The lottery. A farce . As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. With the musick prefix'd to each song.

    Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. | Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]
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    Damon and Phillida a pastoral farce. As it is acted by the company of comedians at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market.

    Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. | Date: MDCCXXIX. [1729]
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    The Grub-Street opera. As it is acted at the theatre in the Hay-Market. By Scriblerus Secundus. To which is added, The masquerade, a poem. Printed in MDCCXXVIII

    Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. | Date: 1731
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    The welsh opera or, the grey mare the better horse. As it is acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. Written by Scriblerus Secundus, Author of the Tragedy of Tragedies.

    Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. | Date: [1731]
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