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Title Didone Abbandonata
Author Metastasio, Pietro  
Date 1 May 1775
Licence Application Date 1 May 1775
First Performance Date 1775
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA389
Language Italian
Document Description Manuscript contains first act and one additional page. The notice states in postscript, 'This Opera has been perform'd here some few years since'.
Theme Opera  Greco-Roman Society  
Theatre The King's Theatre, Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Yates, Richard  
Lord Chamberlain Seymour-Conway, Francis (1st Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Capell, Edward  
Genre Opera  
Acts Two  
Geographical Setting Carthage  
Keywords royalty  myth  Greek myth  love  Moor  forbidden love  family  betrothal  soldier  war  disguise  nationalism  death  suicide  
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