The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern
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The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern is an 18th century comic opera
written by English composer
Samuel Arnold
and English playwright
Miles Peter Andrews
(died 1814).
The opera was based on a novel by Lady Craven
. It was published in London
in 1781 and first performed on July 9, 1781 at the Theatre-Royal
in the Haymarket.
The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern is also known for having the longest name of any manuscript published in the English language
.
Comic opera
Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending.Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria...
written by English composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Samuel Arnold
Samuel Arnold (composer)
Samuel Arnold was an English composer and organist.Arnold was born in London , and began writing music for the theatre in about 1764. A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens, for which much of his popular music was written...
and English playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Miles Peter Andrews
Miles Peter Andrews
Miles Peter Andrews was an 18th century English playwright, gunpowder manufacturer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1796 to 1814.-Biography:...
(died 1814).
The opera was based on a novel by Lady Craven
Elizabeth Craven
Elizabeth Craven , Princess Berkeley , previously "Lady Craven" of Hamstead Marshall, was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues...
. It was published in London
London
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in 1781 and first performed on July 9, 1781 at the Theatre-Royal
Haymarket Theatre
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use...
in the Haymarket.
The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern is also known for having the longest name of any manuscript published in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.