Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 208 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 1751 1816 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan, R. B. (Richard Brinsley) The Duenna: A Comic Opera Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duenna Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Duenna: A Comic Opera" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a comedic operatic play written in the late 18th century. This work takes place in Seville and revolves around themes of love, familial duty, and courtship, oscillating between the desires of young lovers and the authoritative stances of their guardians. Key characters include the romantic leads, Don Ferdinand and Donna Louisa, who strive against the constraints imposed by their fathers, set against a backdrop of mistaken identities and humorous misunderstandings. The opening of "The Duenna" presents an amusing tableau that introduces us to the first strains of romance and conflict. We meet Lopez, a servant, who ponders the difficulties of aiding his master, Don Ferdinand, in winning the heart of Donna Clara while fearing the consequences if caught. The story quickly spools into a serenade wherein Don Antonio sings outside the window of Donna Louisa, drawing the ire of her father, Don Jerome, and creating chaos. The tension mounts as both Louisa and Clara plot to defy their fathers' wishes, leading to a series of comedic encounters, elopements, and dramatic entrances that set the tone for the lively and entangled relationships that will unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Operas -- Librettos PR Text Opera Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Other 150604 2025-06-03T09:30:50.615143 text/html 150425 2025-01-10T00:16:11.852933 text/html 131900 2025-06-03T09:30:57.838104 application/epub+zip 132214 2025-06-03T09:30:53.788128 application/epub+zip 113313 2025-06-03T09:30:52.457112 application/epub+zip 266025 2025-06-03T09:31:00.636100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237658 2025-06-03T09:30:57.044124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184574 2022-09-03T13:14:06.595986 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115793 2025-06-03T09:30:50.295123 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110924 2020-12-29T23:43:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42937 2020-12-29T23:43:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17892 2025-06-03T09:31:00.779073 application/rdf+xml 13227 2025-06-03T09:30:53.104115 image/jpeg 3602 2025-06-03T09:30:52.735140 image/jpeg 130531 2025-06-03T09:30:50.628137 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia