Valentine and Orson: A Romantic Melo-Drame

Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841) was an English dramatist and songwriter, prolific in his output and highly popular in his time. His legacy includes over a thousand songs and some two hundred dramatic pieces. Born to a theatrical family, Dibdin's penchant for the stage was almost predestined, with his father Charles Dibdin being a famous songwriter and his uncle Thomas Frognall Dibbin, a bibliograph...