An Outsider Among the Thespians

Outsider Amongst The Thespians Derived From Two Sources. First My 25-Year-Long Commuting Career In Los Angeles Provided Me With Approximately 5000-6000 Hours Of Uninterrupted Music Listening. Second My Love For Haydn Eventually Pointed Towards A Book Of Some Sort. The Combination Of These Two Impetus (Impeti) Resulted In The Present Novel. Since This Is A Work Of Fiction I Took Liberties With Some Dates Such As The Original Performances Of Mozart'S Three Great Italian Operas As Well As With A Few Details In Luigia Polzelli'S Adventurous Life. For The Purposes Of The Story I'D Also Simplified The Complexities Of The Then Existing London Theater Companies. (Anyone Interested In All The Arcane Details Is Hereby Referred To The Theatre Museum And Library In Covent Garden) I'Ve Also Conjured Up Lorenzo Da Ponte For A Brief Cameo Appearance. And Wien Wien Nur Du Allein Was Written About 100+ Years After These Events. Otherwise I Tried To Be As Accurate As I Knew How. Le Matin Le Midi And Le Soir Refer Of Course To Three Early Haydn Symphonies By Those Names. The Three Books Which Helped Me Most Were: 1) Karl Geiringer: Haydn A Creative Life In Music U. Of California Press Revised 1982 (Originally Published In English In 1946). 2) H. C. C. Taylor: Goldoni: A Biography (London 1914). 3) M. Dorothy George: London Life In The Eighteenth Century Academy Chicago Publishers 1984. (First Published In London In 1925) Visits To Drottningholm Eisenstadt And Eszterhaza Were Of Paramount Importance; My Last Theatrical Journey To London Cemented In Earlier Impressions. The Two Final Haydn Operas Were Revelations In Spite Of Their Poor Librettos. Regardless Of The Circumstances Haydn A Consummate Professional Always Did His Best. * I Would Like To Express My Deepest Thanks To My Sister Mrs. Sioretine Gyepes Judit For Her Detailed Editorial Comments And To Dr. Linda Schubert For Her Advice On The Musical