The Cobler; or A Wife of Ten Thousand
An English-language stage adaptation of Blaise le savetier, with new text and music by Charles Dibdin.
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An English-language stage adaptation of Blaise le savetier, with new text and music by Charles Dibdin.
A theatrical pageant with music, adapted from Garrick’s Shakespeare Pageant originally planned for the 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon.
An old miser keeps his fiancée behind a locked door because he fears she will be unfaithful. The opera centers on Mungo, the household servant, whose comic scenes include songs and spoken dialogue. The source describes the original Mungo as a racist caricature, performed in blackface; Ira Aldridge later transformed the role into a serious portrayal and added an abolitionist address to the audience.
A recruiting sergeant visits a village and persuades Joe, a countryman with a wife and mother, to enlist. The women try to stop him. Joe asks the sergeant about battles, whose gruesome description makes him reconsider. Joe then admits his enlistment threat was revenge for his wife nagging him about going to the alehouse the previous night. She promises not to do so again, and they reconcile. The sergeant buys Joe a drink, and they toast King George.
An English-language stage adaptation of Blaise le savetier, with new text and music by Charles Dibdin.
A theatrical pageant with music, adapted from Garrick’s Shakespeare Pageant originally planned for the 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon.
An old miser keeps his fiancée behind a locked door because he fears she will be unfaithful. The opera centers on Mungo, the household servant, whose comic scenes include songs and spoken dialogue. The source describes the original Mungo as a racist caricature, performed in blackface; Ira Aldridge later transformed the role into a serious portrayal and added an abolitionist address to the audience.
A recruiting sergeant visits a village and persuades Joe, a countryman with a wife and mother, to enlist. The women try to stop him. Joe asks the sergeant about battles, whose gruesome description makes him reconsider. Joe then admits his enlistment threat was revenge for his wife nagging him about going to the alehouse the previous night. She promises not to do so again, and they reconcile. The sergeant buys Joe a drink, and they toast King George.