The Quaker

The Quaker is a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin. It premiered at the Theatre Royal in London on 3 May 1775.

Musical numbers
Act 1


 * “Midst thrushes, nightingales" - Lubin
 * “Who’s there, I trow?” - Lubin, Cicely
 * “I lock’d up all my treasure” - Lubin
 * “Women are Will-o’-the-wisps, ‘tis plain” - Lubin
 * “A kernel from an apple core” - Gillian
 * “While the lads of the village shall merrily, ah!” - Steady
 * “I said to myself, now, Floretta, says I” - Floretta
 * “The captive linnet, newly taken” - Gillian
 * “Regard the instructions, I say” - Steady, Solomon, Lubin, Gillian, Floretta

Act 2


 * “How! Lubin sad! This is not common” - Floretta, Lubin
 * “The face which frequently displays an index of the mind” - Floretta
 * “With respect, sir, to you be it spoken” - Lubin
 * “In verity, damsel, thou surely wilt find” - Steady
 * “Again I feel my bosom bound” - Gillian
 * “Let nimble dancers beat the ground” - chorus