sylvia, opera, sylvia, 1730, ballad, opera, british, writer, george, lillo, written, part, boom, ballad, operas, wake, john, 1728, beggar, opera, sylviawritten, bygeorge, lillodate, premiered10, november, 1730, place, premieredlincoln, fields, theatre, londono. Sylvia is a 1730 ballad opera by the British writer George Lillo written as part of a boom in ballad operas in the wake of John Gay s 1728 hit The Beggar s Opera SylviaWritten byGeorge LilloDate premiered10 November 1730 1 Place premieredLincoln s Inn Fields Theatre LondonOriginal languageEnglishGenreComedy The original cast included Thomas Walker as Sir John Freeman Charles Hulett as Welford John Hippisley as Jonathon and Jane Egleton as Betty References edit Burling p 137Bibliography editBurling William J A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage 1700 1737 Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press 1992 Nicoll Allardyce A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama 1700 1750 CUP Archive 1927 nbsp This article on a play is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sylvia opera amp oldid 1032188519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
