The Ramsay, Allan 1684-1758 creator text utu 2012 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy" by Allan Ramsay is a pastoral comedy first published in 1725. Set in the Scottish Lowlands countryside, the play depicts rustic life and manners through descriptive scenes inspired by the Penicuik area near Edinburgh. Possibly Scotland's first opera, it features a libretto by Ramsay with musical settings potentially influenced by Italian composer Lorenzo Bocchi, who introduced classical Italian musical style to Scotland in the 1720s. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Shepherd Release date is 2012-09-01 Produced by Bryan Ness, Katie Hernandez and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Original publication data not identified Scottish drama -- 18th century PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40639 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40639 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133929.0 40639