The Tragedy of Chrononhotonthologos
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The Tragedy of Chrononhotonthologos is a musical burlesque (or burlesque opera) in verse written and composed by Henry Carey (1687–1743)[1]
The original text
It first appeared under its full title of The Tragedy of Chrononhotonthologos: being the most tragical tragedy, that ever was tragediz'd by any company of tragedians and wasfirst acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by Benjamin Bounce, Esq. The text was published in 1734 by London and Edinburgh, and apparently often afterwards.
