The last two acts incorporate two dialogue songs, by Durfey
and Motteux
, set to music by Eccles
.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Timeline
1676: Thomas D'Urfey's comedy Madam Fickle presented...
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1676
Thomas D'Urfey
's comedy Madam Fickle presented as heroine a linguistic virtuoso, tricking and triumphing over an assortment of foolish and misogynist suitors.
Probably 23 April 1689: Mr and Mrs Priest's girls' school in Chelsea...
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Probably 23 April 1689
Mr
and Mrs Priest's girls' school in Chelsea put on the first (private) performance of Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell
.
