The English fleet, in 1342 an historical comic opera, in three acts

by Thomas Dibdin, Esq., author of The heart of Mid-Lothian, The Jew and the doctor, The sixes, Suil Dhuv the coiner, Family quarrels, Ivanhoe, Don Giovanni, Valentine and Orson, The two Gregories, &c. ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.-G. [i.e, George Daniel], to which are added, a description of the costume, - cast of the characters, entrances and exits, - relative positions of the performers on the stage, - and the whole of the stage business, as now performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a drawing taken in the Theatre by Mr. R. Cruikshank. (statement of responsibility)
U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
Cover price: 6d.; list of dealers--front cover; advertisement--inside front cover; frontispiece illustrating act 2, scene 4, at Mainmast's line, "Come my boys, don't be down hearted. You can't be hang'd above once, and one hanging is as little as two of you can expect"--p. 2; foreword, signed "D.-G."--p. 5-8; costume descriptions--p. 9; publisher's list--inside back cover and back cover.
Cast lists also for performances at Covent Garden, 1805, and Drury Lane, 1833--p. 10.
Cast of the Characters (Haymarket, 1833): DE MOUNTFORT. Mr. W. Johnson -- ROBERT OF ARTOIS. Mr. Gallot -- OLIVER DE CLISSON. Mr. Gallot -- JOHN DE MONTAUBAN. Mr. Bartlett -- PHILIP. Mr. Strickland -- VALENTINE. Mr. Edwin -- CAPTAIN FITZWATER. Mr. Collins -- MAT MAINMAST. Mr. Webster -- CHARLES. Mr. Brindal -- BISHOP OF LEON. Mr. Bass -- LA VALETTE. Mr. Newcombe -- CARLOS. Mr. Coveney -- DORIA. Mr. Eaton -- PEDRILLO. Mr. Eaton -- HUBERT. Mr. J. Cooper -- MAURICE. Mr. Bishop -- A BOY, SON TO DE MOUNTFORT. Miss Johnson -- JANE. Mrs. Faucit -- ADELA. Mrs. Newcombe -- JEANNETTA. Mrs. Tayleure -- KATHERINE. Miss Eliza Paton -- ISABEL. Miss Cawse -- JACQUELINE. Miss Barnett--p. 10.
Performance: London, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1833. (venue)