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Scenes laid in Wilts and Somersets: at Chippenham, Ethandune,
Athelney, and Glastonbury.
Dresses, Arms, Standards, Appointments, and Architecture of the Period. Incidents, chiefly historical.
Time of Action a few days: including the 23rd of March, 878: the victory of Ethandune having been gained on Easter Day in that year.
The Overture to be exclusively English and national music: to commence with wailing Welsh or old British tunes, then to swell into marches and military Bardism,—thereafter to change gradually into other recognised national airs; a well wrought cento of tunes, including (for example) “The Bay of Biscay,” “Rule Britannia,” and so forth, ending with “God save the Queen.” The like music between the Acts.
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