The Shepherd of Derwent Vale
The Shepherd of Derwent Vale is a musical drama in two acts by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[] (English libretto) and Charles Edward Horne ()[] (music).
Also given as The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit.
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The original text
First performed as The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 12 February, 1825. Said to be "from the French".
Published in London by T. Dolby. (Dolby's British theatre.) [c.1825] and J. Cumberland as Issue 65 of Cumberland's British Theatre, 1860.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1825 Dolby text, Google E-Book[1]
Margaret Ross Griffel. 2012. Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press.[2]
Entry in the Online Catalogue of the National Library of Wales[3]
https://www.jarndyce.co.uk/stock_detail.php?stockid=28491
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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