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Excerpt from Midas: An English Burletta in Two Acts, as Performed at the Theatres Royal The Burletta of Midas was written by Kane O'Hara, Esq. in three Acts, and so performed at Covent Garden in the year 1764; hut the burlesque in this humorous performance turning chiefly on heathen deities ridiculous enough in themselves, and too absurd even for burlesque, the aim of which is to turn great things to farce; the present mock opera was not altogether so successful at first as in many respects it deserved to be. Originally it was a first piece, but soon reduced to an afterpiece, and thereby greatly improved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.