▁time ▁to ▁speak — m uch ▁longer ▁than ▁words ▁by ▁themselves ." ▁ ▁Hugh ▁the ▁Dro ver , ▁or ▁Love ▁in ▁the ▁Sto cks ▁( comple ted ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁premi ere ▁ 1 9 2 4 ) ▁has ▁a ▁libre tto , ▁by ▁the ▁writer ▁and ▁theatre ▁critic ▁Harold ▁Child , ▁which ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁The ▁Stage ▁as ▁" re ple te ▁with ▁fol ks y , ▁C ots w old ▁village ▁arch et ypes ". ▁In ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁critic ▁Richard ▁Tra ub ner ▁the ▁piece ▁is ▁a ▁cross ▁between ▁traditional ▁ball ad ▁opera ▁and ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Pu cc ini ▁and ▁R avel , ▁" with ▁r haps od ic ▁results ." ▁The ▁score ▁uses ▁genu ine ▁and ▁past iche ▁folk ▁songs ▁but ▁ends ▁with ▁a ▁passion ate ▁love ▁du et ▁that ▁Tra ub ner ▁cons iders ▁has ▁few ▁equals ▁in ▁English ▁opera . ▁Its ▁first ▁performance ▁was ▁by ▁students ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁College ▁of ▁Music , ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁is ▁rarely ▁st aged ▁by ▁major ▁professional ▁companies . ▁ ▁Old ▁King ▁Cole ▁( 1 9 2 3 ) ▁is ▁a ▁hum orous ▁bal let . ▁The ▁score , ▁which ▁makes ▁liberal ▁use ▁of ▁folk - song ▁mel od ies , ▁was ▁thought ▁by ▁critics ▁to ▁be ▁strik ingly ▁modern ▁when ▁first ▁heard . ▁Kennedy ▁comments ▁that ▁the ▁music ▁" is ▁not ▁a ▁major ▁work ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁fun ." ▁The ▁piece ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁seen ▁frequently ▁since ▁its ▁premi ere , ▁but ▁was ▁rev ived