Show first musical comedy musical comedy was aar introduced inac england may 21 1656 dignified by b the name ot of opi ira an entertainment called the cruelty of spaniards in ID peru was mas produced at the cockpit theater on that day according to no tices of tho the time it was expressed by b vocal and instruments instrumental music and hi by tho the art of perspective in scenery the production also in marks arks the first use of scenery on the stage and it id development a few years later caused to remark disparagingly aftel to the serious drama strange to see this house that used to be sc thronged thron ged now empty since the opera began |