Richard Coeur de Lion (play) Richard Coeur de Lion (play) Richard Coeur de Lion: An historical romance is a 1786 semi-opera with an English text by John Burgoyne set to music by Thomas Linley the Elder. It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in October 1786. It was a translation of Michel-Jean Sedaine's opera "Richard Coeur-de-lion" about the life of the English Monarch Richard I with the ending significantly changed. The work was a major success and ran for 43 performances and was revived seven times before the end of the century. By contrast a rival version staged at the Covent Garden Theatre at
Rarotonga monarch Rarotonga monarch The Rarotonga monarch ("Pomarea dimidiata"), also known as the Rarotonga flycatcher and kakerori, is a species of bird in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Cook Islands. The Rarotonga monarch was originally described in the genus "Monarcha". Alternate names include Cook Island flycatcher, Cook Islands monarch, and Rarotonga monarch-flycatcher. The Rarotonga monarch is a most unusual bird in a number of ways, including being the only bird known to undergo sequential changes in plumage as it grows. The initial plumage of orange to orange-grey changes to pure grey when maturity is reached after four