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Anne Ridler

ANNE RIDLER  (1912 - 2001)

 Nationality:    British
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In the 1970s Ridler began translating libretti including works by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Mozart. Her version of Cosi Fan Tutte for Opera North in 1988 was televised by Channel 4 and continues to be performed.

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below is a list of Anne Ridler's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Agrippina         Cain         Calisto, La         Coronation Of Poppea, The         Cosi Fan Tutte         Departure, The         Don Giovanni         Eritrea         Henry Bly         Jese Tree, The: A Masque In Verse         King Of the Golden River, The         Lambton Worm, The         Marriage Of Figaro, The         Mask, The         Missing Bridegroom, The         Orfeo         Orontea         Return Of Ulysses, The         Rosinda         Shadow Factory, The         Trial Of Thomas Cranmer, The         Who Is My Neighbour?

Agrippina

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translation of the libretto by Grimani, music by Handel

1st Produced:
London    1982

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Cain

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-    1943

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Calisto, La

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translation of libretto by Faustini, music by Cavalli

1st Produced:
London    1984

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Coronation Of Poppea, The

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Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with Robert Walker, translated by Lino Pertile

1st Produced:
London    1992

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in "the Operas of Monteverdi", Calder & Boyers, London, 1992   -

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libretto

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Cosi Fan Tutte

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Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with Tim Supple

1st Produced:
London    1986

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1st Published:
Perpetua Press, Oxford, 1987   -

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Departure, The

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music by Elizabeth Maconchy

1st Produced:
London    1961

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1st Published:
in "Some Time After and Other Poems", Faber, London, 1972   -

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Don Giovanni

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translation of libretto by da Ponte, music by Mozart

1st Produced:
London    1990

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Eritrea

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translation of libretto by Faustini, music by Cavalli

1st Produced:
Wexford, Ireland    1975

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Oxford University Press, London, 1975   -

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Henry Bly

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1st Produced:
-    1947

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in "Henry Bly And Other Plays" Faber, London, 1950   -

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Genre:
Verse Drama

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Jese Tree, The: A Masque In Verse

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music by Elizabeth Maconchy

1st Produced:
Dorchester, Oxfordshire    1970

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Lyrebird Press, London, 1972   -

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King Of the Golden River, The

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music by Elizabeth Maconchy

1st Produced:
Oxford    1975

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Lambton Worm, The

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music by Robert Sherlaw Johnson

1st Produced:
Oxford    1978

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Oxford University Press, London, 1979   -

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Marriage Of Figaro, The

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translation of libretto by da Ponte, music by Mozart

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London    1991

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Mask, The

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-    1950

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in "Henry Bly And Other Plays" Faber, London, 1950   -

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Missing Bridegroom, The

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1st Produced:
-    1950

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in "Henry Bly And Other Plays" Faber, London, 1950   -

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Orfeo

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translation of libretto by Striggio, music by Monteverdi

1st Produced:
Oxford    1975

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Faber Music, London, 1975   -

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Orontea

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translation of the libretto by Cicognini, music by Cesti

1st Produced:
London    1979

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Return Of Ulysses, The

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Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with R C McAvoy

1st Produced:
London    1978

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1st Published:
in "the Operas of Monteverdi", Calder & Boyers, London, 1992   -

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Rosinda

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translation of libretto by Faustini, music by Cavalli

1st Produced:
Oxford    1973

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Shadow Factory, The

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1st Produced:
-    1945

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Trial Of Thomas Cranmer, The

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music by Bryan Kelly

1st Produced:
Oxford    1956

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1956   -

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Who Is My Neighbour?

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1st Produced:
Leeds    1961

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1963   -

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