15 June 1697

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Theatre: Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1696-1697
Volume: 1
Comments: Post Boy, 12-15 June 1697: Great Preparations are making for a new Opera [The World in the Moon] in the Play-house in Dorset-Garden, of which there is great Expectation, the Scenes being several new Sets and of a moddel different from all that have been used in any Theatre whatever, being twice as high as any of their former Scenes. And the whole Decoration of the Stage not only infinitely beyond all the Opera's ever yet performed in England, but also by the acknowledgment of several Gentlemen that have travell'd abroad, much exceeding all that has been seen on any of the Foreign Stages

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    *p9?dg Comment. *c9?dg <i>Post Boy</i>, 12-15 June 1697: Great Preparations are making for a new Opera [<i>The World in the Moon</i>] in the Play-house in <i>Dorset-Garden</i>, of which there is great Expectation, the Scenes being several new Sets and of a moddel different from all that have been used in any Theatre whatever, being twice as high as any of their former Scenes. And the whole Decoration of the Stage not only infinitely beyond all the Opera's ever yet performed in <i>England</i>, but also by the acknowledgment of several Gentlemen that have travell'd abroad, much exceeding all that has been seen on any of the Foreign Stages.

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    *p1697 06 15 dg Comment.*c1697 06 15 dg <i>Post Boy</i>, 12-15 June 1697: Great Preparations are making for a new Opera [<i>The World in the Moon</i>] in the Play-house in <i>Dorset-Garden</i>, of which there is great Expectation, the Scenes being several new Sets and of a moddel different from all that have been used in any Theatre whatever, being twice as high as any of their former Scenes. And the whole Decoration of the Stage not only infinitely beyond all the Opera's ever yet performed in <i>England</i>, but also by the acknowledgment of several Gentlemen that have travell'd abroad, much exceeding all that has been seen on any of the Foreign Stages.

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    Event: 2110 | 16970615 | dg | <i>Post Boy</i>, 12-15 June 1697: Great Preparations are making for a new Opera [<i>The World in the Moon</i>] in the Play-house in <i>Dorset-Garden</i>, of which there is great Expectation, the Scenes being several new Sets and of a moddel different from all that have been used in any Theatre whatever, being twice as high as any of their former Scenes. And the whole Decoration of the Stage not only infinitely beyond all the Opera's ever yet performed in <i>England</i>, but also by the acknowledgment of several Gentlemen that have travell'd abroad, much exceeding all that has been seen on any of the Foreign Stages

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