The king's henchman a play in three acts, by Edna St. Vincent Millay (Still Image)

The king's henchman a play in three acts, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950

4p. 1., 3-131, [1]p. front. 26cm

The King's Henchman is an opera in three acts composed by Deems Taylor to an English language libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The libretto is based on both legend and historical figures documented in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle including Edgar the Peaceful, Elfrida of Devon, and Dunstan. It tells the story of a love triangle between King Eadgar, his henchman Aethelwold, and Aelfrida, daughter of the Thane of Devon. It premiered on 17 February 1927 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in a performance conducted by Tullio Serafin.

Millay's libretto was published separately as a book and sold out four editions in its first twenty days.

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The poem, slightly abridged, forms the book of the opera by Deems Taylor;Large paper edition, February, 1927

Aethelwold, Earl of East Anglia, -962

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PS3525.I495.K5 1927

New York, London, Harper & Brothers, 1927