John Collier in Covent Garden Theatre, Covent Garden, London - 28 January, 1745, at night
from The Letters of John Collier of Hastings, 1731-1746, page 287:
Letter from John Collier to his wife, Mary Collier, 29 January 1745
You’l think me very gay when I tell you that I have been at two plays. There’s a mock opera set to musick by Mr Lamp, taken out of Shakespear’s Pyramus and Thisbe, that has at present a run at Covent Garden. I was there last night to see the Maid’s Tragedy and that performed, … more >>
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John Collier et al, and Richard Saville (ed.), The Letters of John Collier of Hastings, 1731-1746 (Lewes, 2016), p. 287. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1693051345599 accessed: 17 May, 2024
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Pyramus and Thisbe
written by John Frederick Lampe |
performed by Henry Reinhold, John Beard, John Laguerre, Isabella Lampe |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 28 January, 1745, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:02:26 +0100
Approved on Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:32:04 +0100