Poor Solider Comic Opera Two by Okeefe John (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two works bound together in early 20th century cloth, the paper is a bit toned in places, but very good overall. The Poor Soldier is a 1783 British pasticcio opera with music by William Shield and a text by John O'Keeffe. It was a comedy set around Irish soldiers returning home after fighting in the British army in the American War of Independence, which formally ended that year with the Peace of Paris. One of the redcoats must fight for the love of Norah with the urbane Captain Fitzroy. The events are set entirely in a small Irish village called Carton, a few miles from Dublin, although several versions refer to it only as "a country village. The work enjoyed widespread popularity in the newly independent United States, and was a favourite of George Washington. The second work is Dublin printed and as performed at the Theatre Royal in Dublin, 1803, a satire of English life. Both works are scarce.