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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:basedOn
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Spanish sources
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:Charles_Dibdin
gptkb:Thomas_Linley_the_Elder
gptkb:Thomas_Linley_the_Younger
gptkb:William_Jackson
gptkb:James_Hook
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gptkbp:criticalReception
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highly popular in 18th-century England
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:opera
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Duenna
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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Spanish comedy
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan
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gptkbp:notableAdaptation
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gptkb:BBC_radio_adaptation
various 19th-century revivals
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gptkbp:notableCharacter
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gptkb:The_Duenna
gptkb:Louisa
gptkb:Don_Carlos
gptkb:Clara
gptkb:Don_Jerome
gptkb:Father_Paul
gptkb:Isaac_Mendoza
gptkb:Ferdinand
gptkb:Antonio
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gptkbp:notableFor
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music composed by several composers
ran for 75 performances in its first season
considered Sheridan's most successful dramatic work
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gptkbp:notableProduction
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gptkb:Covent_Garden_Theatre,_1775
gptkb:Drury_Lane_Theatre,_1776
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gptkbp:notableSong
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gptkb:'O,_Breathe_not_his_name'
'By him we love offended'
'Friendship is the bond of reason'
'Had I a heart for falsehood framed'
'I ne'er could any lustre see'
'If a daughter you possess'
'When sable night'
'Wine, wine, in truth divine'
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gptkbp:numberOfActs
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three
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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21 November 1775
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Covent_Garden_Theatre,_London
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Seville,_Spain
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gptkbp:theme
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love
deception
social satire
parental authority
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Nicky_Henson
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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