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Which Richard Brinsley Sheridan play inspired Sergey Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery?

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Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side. — Sergey Prokofiev Sergey Prokofiev.

Sergey Prokofiev’s opera Betrothal in a Monastery (1946) was inspired by the play The Duenna (1775), written by the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The opera is also frequently referred to by the title of the original play, The Duenna.12