The fairy-queen : an opera. Represented at the Queen's-Theatre by Their Majesties Servants

Woodward & McManaway: 1035
Folger bibliographic ID: 146231
ESTC number: R226558
Wing number: S2681
Folger call number: S2681B copy 2
Folger holdings ID: 179803

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

Libretto perhaps by E. Settle. Cf. Loewenberg, A. Annals of opera, 1597-1940; Brown, F.C. Elkanah Settle, p. 95-96. Based on Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream Libretto only. The music was written by Henry Purcell. Cf. New Grove In this issue there are [6] preliminary pages, i.e. p. [1] title page, [2] blank, [3]-[4] preface, [5] prologue, [6] "The names of the persons" Quire B in 2 settings; on leaf B1r, stage directions begin: Setting 1) "Enter Duke", or Setting 2) "Enter Quince" Quire G in 2 settings; leaf G1r, line 4 has: Setting A) "flower", or Setting B) "Flower"

Item information about Folger S2681B copy 2

Warwick. Half green goatskin binding with marbled papered boards and endpapers. Settings: 1B. With a bookseller's catalogue entry for this copy tipped to back free endpaper. Imperfect: lacking preface leaf. C1 and C4 are not conjugate. E1 mutilated and repaired at spine fold, affecting catchword. Provenance: bookplate of Warwick Castle, Shakespeare Library

Uniform title: Fairy queen. Libretto
Extended title: The fairy-queen : an opera. Represented at the Queen's-Theatre by Their Majesties Servants

Operas

attributed name: Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724
associated with: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
former owner: Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library