Thomas Linley the younger
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Thomas Linley the younger, also known as Thomas Linley, Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most precocious composers an
Portrait of Thomas Linley the Younger by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1772
Elizabeth (14 y. old) with Thomas (12) by Gainsborough, c. 1768
Mozart, at the keyboard, and Tom Linley, playing the violin, in Florence (c. 1770)
View of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, ca.1776
The Rivals
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The Rivals is a five-act comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, on 17 January 1775. It was his first play.
1795 playbill
Bob Acres and His Servant, illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey, c. 1895
Elsie Leslie as Lydia Languish in The Rivals, 1899. Photograph by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.