Gentle Shepherd, The
Gentle Shepherd, The. Scot. ballad opera in 5 acts to lib. by Allan Ramsay who selected traditional airs as mus. (1728) for what was orig. (1725) a comedy without songs. Prod. Edinburgh 1729, London 1730.
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