The 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<ref>Nicoll p.263</ref> 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.<ref>Pierce p.9-10</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://retrospectopera.org.uk/DIBDIN/Shakespeare.html|title=Retrospect Opera|website=retrospectopera.org.uk|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref>

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==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 == *[http://retrospectopera.org.uk/DIBDIN/Shakespeare.html Retrospect Opera: The Jubilee]

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