The Jubilee

For other uses, see Jubilee.

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The Jubilee is a 1769 play by the British playwright and actor-manager David Garrick, with music by Charles Dibdin. It was based on his Shakespeare Pageant which he had originally planned to stage during the Shakespeare Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon until heavy rain forced it to be abandoned. It was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre on 14 October 1769[1] and proved a major success, running for ninety performances. This allowed Garrick to recoup much of the money he had spent on the Jubilee celebrations.[2]

A recording of The Jubilee, also including Queen Mab and Datchet Mead, was released in 2019 featuring the singer Simon Butteriss and the keyboardist Stephen Higgins.[3]

References

1. Nicoll p.263
2. Pierce p.9-10
3. "Retrospect Opera". retrospectopera.org.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

Bibliography

• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
• Pierce, Patricia. The Great Shakespeare Fraud: The Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland. Sutton Publishing, 2005.

External links

• Retrospect Opera: The Jubilee