''The Lord of the Manor'' is a

comic opera Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...

by the British soldier and playwright John Burgoyne. It was first staged at the

Drury Lane Theatre The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drur ...

in December 1780. It was written by Burgoyne for his lover, the actress Susan Caulfield.Thomson p.121

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Bibliography

* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama''. Cambridge University Press, 1952. * Thomson, Peter. ''The Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre, 1660-1900''. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Plays by John Burgoyne 1780 plays {{18thC-play-stub