A Collection of the Most Celebrated Prologues Spoken at the Theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. [N27805]

DMI number:

1426

Publication Date:

1728

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

N27805

Shelfmark:

Folger PR 1195 P7 C72 Cage

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF THE | Most Celebrated Prologues | Spoken at the | THEATRES | OF | [i]Drury-Lane[/i] and [i]Lincolns-Inn[/i]. | [rule] | By a young LADY. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Sold by [i]A. Dodd[/], at the [i]Peacock[/i] without [i]Tem-[/i] | [i]ple-Bar[/i]; Mrs. [i]Graves[/i], in St. [i]James[/i]'s-[i]Street[/i]; | and [i]E. Smith[/i], at the [i]Royal-Exchange[/i]. 1728. | [Price One Shilling.]

Epigraph:

[i]But here bright Eloquence does always smile| In such a choice, yet unaffected Stile, | As does both Knowledge and Delight impart, | The Force of Reason with the Flow'rs of Art. [/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including drama

Format:

Octavo

Price:

One Shilling

Pagination:

[6], i-ii, 1-48pp.

Other matter:

[2pp] Preface [2pp] Contents

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A second and last collection of the most celebrated prologues and epilogues spoken at the theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. [ESTC N27804] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1727

ESTC No:

N27804

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

Title:

A Second and Last Collection of the Most Celebrated Prologues and Epilogues Spoken at the Theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincoln's-Inn. [N21645]

Publication Date:

1727

ESTC No:

N21645

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

Related People

Sold by:

Anne Dodd

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

BBTI - Anne Dodd I. May have stopped selling in 1728.

Sold by:

Anne II Dodd

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

BBTI. Succeeded mother, Mrs. Anne Dodd I, in 1728.

Sold by:

E. Smith

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

BBTI: possibly Elizabeth Smith.

Sold by:

Mrs. Graves

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

BBTI.

Content/Publication

First Line:

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art

Page No:

pp.i-ii

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. Wilks, to the Tragedy of CATO.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the muse's various labours none

Page No:

pp.[1]-2

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. BETTERTON, to the Play of TAMERLAME.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oft has the muse here tried her magic arts

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. MILLS, to the Siege of Damascus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As education moulds the tender brain

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. BOOTH, to the Tragedy of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Bartholomew Paman, of the Middle-Temple.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Paman

First Line:

When Roman arms their hostile terrors hurled

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. WILKS, to the Tragedy of Caesar in Aegypt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When breathing statues mouldering waste away

Page No:

pp.9-10

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. RYAN, to the Tragedy of MARIAMNE.

Attribution:

Written by a FRIEND.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To win your hearts and to secure your praise

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. Wilks, to the Comedy of The Conscious Lovers.

Attribution:

By Mr. Welsted.

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

Of all men those have reason least to care

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Comedy call'd The CHANCES.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not careful leaders when the trumpets call

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of Mithridates, King of Pontus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With farce and sound too long you have been teased

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of The Albion Queens.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To you great judges in this writing age

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of The ORPHAN.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ages past when will those times renew

Page No:

pp.16-18

Poem Title:

Apoken by Mr. BETTERTON, to CAIUS MARIUS.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tonight if you have brought your good old taste

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. WILKS, to the Tragedy of JANE SHORE.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Do you not wonder sirs in these poor days

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. BETTERTON, to the Tragedy of Boadicea, Queen of Britain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I the plain dealer am to act today

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Comedy of The Plain-Dealer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the various vices of the age

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Comedy of The Careless Husband.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When strife disturbs or sloth corrupts an age

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. WILKS, to the Comedy of The Beaux-Stratagem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The merchant joyful with the hopes of gain

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

Spoken by Major Mohun, the first four Days, to the Tragedy of The Unhappy Favourite; OR, The Earl of Essex.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The British theatre already great

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. C. Bullock, to the Tragedy of CATO in Utica.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To all impartial judges in the pit

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of Vertue Betray'd; or, Anna Bullen.

Attribution:

Written by a Person of Quality.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When realms are ravaged with invasive foes

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. CIBBER, to the Tragedy of The Spartan Dame.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

As when in hostile times two neighbouring states

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. Powel, to the Tragedy of Oroonoko.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Taught by the muse the various course to steer

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. RYAN, to the Tragedy of Philip of Macedon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What flocks of critics hover here today

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of ALL for LOVE; OR, The World well Lost.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since fancy of itself is loose and vain

Page No:

pp.37-38

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. Wilks, to the Tragedy of the Distrest Mother.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Struck with each ancient Greek or Roman name

Page No:

pp.39-40

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. RYAN, to the Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Attribution:

Written by Major Pack.

Attributed To:

Richardson Pack

First Line:

What various thoughts a poet's breast divide

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Spoken by Mr. BETTERTON, to the Tragedy of Abra-Mule; or, Love and Empire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The judge removed though he's no more my lord

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of Don Sebastian, King of Portugal.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wits like physicians never can agree

Page No:

pp.44-45

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Play of The Rover; or, Banish'd Cavaliers.

Attribution:

Written by a Person of Quality.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our author sent me hither for a scout

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Tragedy of The LIBERTINE.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ancient times when Helen's fatal charms

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

Spoken to the Comedy of The Recruiting Officer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed