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Ballad operas - To 1800 - Librettos

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    The devil to pay; or, the wives metamorphos'd . By Charles Coffey.

    Coffey, Charles, d. 1745. | Date: 1777]
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    Damon and Phillida A ballad opera.

    Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. | Date: 1777]
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    The disappointed gallant, or buckram in armour. A new ballad opera. As it was acted at the new Edinburgh theatre. Written by a young Scots gentleman

    Thomson, Adam, dramatic writer. | Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
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    The philosopher's opera

    Dreghorn, John Maclaurin, Lord, 1734-1796. | Date: 1757]
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    The contrivances a ballad opera; full of curious songs, by the facetious and witty Harry Carey. As it is now acting at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden, and at Dublin, with great applause.

    Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743. | Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]

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