Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song

All titles

• Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song
• Country burial

People / Organizations

• George Lillo (Author)
• John Watts ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for J. Watts, at the printing-office in Wild-Court near Lincolns-Inn Fields, MDCCXXXI. [1731, i.e. 1730]

Publication year

1730

ESTC No.

T48277

Grub Street ID

276203

Description

[12], 77, [3] p. : ill., music ; 8°.

Note

Anonymous. By George Lillo

The three final pages contain advertisements

Apparently a reissue of the sheets of the first impression (ESTC T48276) with the titlepage revised to include the price, and an additional leaf containing an advertisement dated November 10, 1730, and a revision to Act III, condensing scenes IX-XIII into one, with the additional statement: "This opera appearing in rehearsal too long for one night's entertainment, some scenes have been shorten'd, and some airs omitted." The play ran for only three nights in November 1730

There are two versions of the title page with the price added. In this one, the price is spelled out in full, centered, below the date, in square brackets: Price one shilling and six pence. In the other (N504511), the price is set at right, almost aligned with the date, in square brackets: Price 1s. 6d

Also issued as part of: 'The works of the late Mr. George Lillo', London, 1740.