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1. A tale

First Line:
A tale
Last Line:
Signifying nothing
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10449

2. A poor player

First Line:
A poor player
Last Line:
And then is heard no more
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10448

3. All Europe can't show such performance of parts

First Line:
All Europe can't show such performance of parts
Last Line:
For emphasis cadence and all can be said
DMI number:
9505

4. As in a theatre the eyes of men

First Line:
As in a theatre the eyes of men
Last Line:
Thinking his prattle to be tedious
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
22215

5. As in a theatre the eyes of men

First Line:
As in a theatre the eyes of men
Last Line:
Will think his prattle to be tedious
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
27104

6. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

7. Beside the main design composed with art

First Line:
Beside the main design composed with art
Last Line:
But change hereafter what appears amiss
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
31566

8. But to write plays why tis a bold pretence

First Line:
But to write plays why tis a bold pretence
Last Line:
To judgement breeding wit and eloquence
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10450

9. Could those who never tried conceive the sweat

First Line:
Could those who never tried conceive the sweat
Last Line:
Applaud the scenes and strip him of the praise
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
17524

10. First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts

First Line:
First on a plot employ thy careful thoughts
Last Line:
This oft alone has given success to plays
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10454

11. First then soliloquies had need be few

First Line:
First then soliloquies had need be few
Last Line:
As when Bellario confesses all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10437

12. Gallants our business is to let you know

First Line:
Gallants our business is to let you know
Last Line:
And powdered beaux shall shew their parts in Greek
Author:
Thomas Sheridan (Confident)
DMI number:
11867

13. Good my lord see the players well used

First Line:
Good my lord see the players well used
Last Line:
Epitaph than their ill report while you live
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20339

14. How great a curse on human kind

First Line:
How great a curse on human kind
Last Line:
Whatever priests presume to preach
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
8685

15. I can counterfeit the deep tragedian

First Line:
I can counterfeit the deep tragedian
Last Line:
At any time to grace my stratagems
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20335

16. I hold the world but as a stage Gratiano

First Line:
I hold the world but as a stage Gratiano
Last Line:
Where every man must play some certain part
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute) & George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
21639

17. Is it not monstrous that this player here

First Line:
Is it not monstrous that this player here
Last Line:
The very faculty of eyes and ears
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
17168

18. Long has the fate of kings and empires been

First Line:
Long has the fate of kings and empires been
Last Line:
And heaven in justice made that one a queen
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17522

19. Like a dull actor now I have forgot

First Line:
Like a dull actor now I have forgot
Last Line:
My part and even stop to a full disgrace
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20338

20. Like a player

First Line:
Like a player
Last Line:
And his wracked voice jar to the audience
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20336

21. My liege I did deny no prisoners

First Line:
My liege I did deny no prisoners
Last Line:
He would himself have been a soldier
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37364

22. If dying lovers yet deserve a tear

First Line:
If dying lovers yet deserve a tear
Last Line:
O were you but as kind we know you are as fair
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17530

23. Nay do not think I flatter

First Line:
Nay do not think I flatter
Last Line:
As I do thee
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37362

24. Neither in comedy will this suffice

First Line:
Neither in comedy will this suffice
Last Line:
To him you must your secret meaning show
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10464

25. Now entertain conjecture of a time

First Line:
Now entertain conjecture of a time
Last Line:
Minding true things by what their mockeries be
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
38722

26. Now all the youth of England are on fire

First Line:
Now all the youth of England are on fire
Last Line:
Unto Southampton do we shift our scene
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
38721

27. O gentle sleep

First Line:
O gentle sleep
Last Line:
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37367

28. Old men and beldams in the streets

First Line:
Old men and beldams in the streets
Last Line:
Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37374

29. Oh may it ever be my fate

First Line:
Oh may it ever be my fate
Last Line:
And all the deity gives place
DMI number:
10434

30. Oh may you find in this our pageant here

First Line:
Oh may you find in this our pageant here
Last Line:
May this attract you hither once a week
Author:
John Marston (Absolute) & Benjamin Jonson (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
38862

31. Our author by experience finds it true

First Line:
Our author by experience finds it true
Last Line:
And see us play the tragedy of wit
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17532

32. Plato it must be so thou reasonest well

First Line:
Plato it must be so thou reasonest well
Last Line:
I humbly beg permission to conclude
DMI number:
38385

33. Players | Were never more uncertain in their lives

First Line:
Players | Were never more uncertain in their lives
Last Line:
Where to play for puritan fools nor what | To play for critical fools
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17170

34. Poets like cudgeled bullies never do

First Line:
Poets like cudgeled bullies never do
Last Line:
Our poets virgins nay our matrons too
Author:
William Wycherley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17526

35. Rome still survives in this assembled senate

First Line:
Rome still survives in this assembled senate
Last Line:
All Rome will be in tears
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
37141

36. So farewell to the little good you bear me

First Line:
So farewell to the little good you bear me
Last Line:
Never to hope again
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37372

37. Since plays are but a kind of public feasts

First Line:
Since plays are but a kind of public feasts
Last Line:
Lest you destroy at once the poet and the player
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
17527

38. Speak the speech as I pronounced it

First Line:
Speak the speech as I pronounced it
Last Line:
And shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20340

39. Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced

First Line:
Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced
Last Line:
And shows a most pitiful ambition | In the fool that uses it
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
17169

40. The barge she sat in like a burnished throne

First Line:
The barge she sat in like a burnished throne
Last Line:
And made a gap in nature
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37359

41. The fable is of tragedy the end

First Line:
The fable is of tragedy the end
Last Line:
In vain with learned scenes he fills his plays
DMI number:
31565

42. The player's province they but vainly try

First Line:
The player's province they but vainly try
Last Line:
And all the passions all the soul is there
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
34103

43. The pliant muscles of the various face

First Line:
The pliant muscles of the various face
Last Line:
Are gone not leave one single trace behind
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31677

44. The husbandman in vain renews his toil

First Line:
The husbandman in vain renews his toil
Last Line:
Before your late encouragement of wit
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
17528

45. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

First Line:
The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Last Line:
To make fine fools of you and all your parts
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17534

46. The poet still must look within to find

First Line:
The poet still must look within to find
Last Line:
If he would have just sentiments appear
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
31567

47. The time has been when plays were not so plenty

First Line:
The time has been when plays were not so plenty
Last Line:
Prepared by just decrees to stand or fall
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
17535

48. The unities of action time and place

First Line:
The unities of action time and place
Last Line:
Less obvious errors of the English stage
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10435

49. The unities of action time and place

First Line:
The unities of action time and place
Last Line:
To be taught here &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10436

50. This oft alone has given success to plays

First Line:
This oft alone has given success to plays
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10456