A general history of the stage; with pieces of poetry never before published [T88607]
- DMI number:
- 950
- Publication Date:
- 1749
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T88607
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW101357180
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding M 108
- Full Title:
- A | General HISTORY | OF THE | STAGE, | From its Origin in Greece down | to the present TIME. | WITH THE | MEMOIRS of most of the principal | PERFORMERS that have appeared on the | [i]ENGLISH[/i] and [i]IRISH STAGE[/i] | for these last Fifty Years. | WITH | Notes, Antient, Modern, Foreign, Domestic, Se- | rious, Comic, Moral, Merry, Historical, and | Geographical, containing many Theatrical Anec- | dotes ; also several Pieces of Poetry, never before | published. | [rule] | Collected and Digested by | [i]W. R. CHETWOOD[/i], | Twenty Years Prompter to his Majestys Company | of Comedians at the THEATRE-ROYAL in |[i]Drury-Lane, London[/i]. | [rule] | ---- [i]All the Worlds a Stage, | And evry Man and Woman, merely Actors[/i]. | SHAKESPEAR. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for W. OWEN, near [i]Temple-Bar[/i]. |[rule] | M,DCC,XLIX.
- Epigraph:
- All the World's a Stage, and ev'ry Man, and | Woman, merely Actors. Shakespeare.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection including drama
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [8],256p.
- Bibliographic details:
- BOD Harding M 108 has ms additions on both sides of one leaf preceding the title page; p.20; p.166; p.220; p.252; p.253
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Dedicatory epistle [3p,]; Preface [3p.]; prose essay containing dramatic and non-dramatic verse [1-256]. Footnotes throughout. Only verses extracts of over two lines have been entered. Only verses extracts of over two lines have been entered.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Dedicatory epistle [3p.]; 'The Preface' [3p.]
- Title:
- A general history of the stage; with pieces of poetry never before published [T88608]
- Publication Date:
- 1749
- ESTC No:
- T88608
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Editor:
- William Chetwood
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- William Owen
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Say fair content loved goddess say
- Page No:
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'from a Friend'
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thespis the first that did surprise the age
- Page No:
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Creech.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
- First Line:
- What power was fit I did on all bestow
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hear Theseus Pitheus Daughter's son
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Duke.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Duke
- First Line:
- If the successful troublers of mankind
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'as sweet-tongu'd Waller writes' [p.16]
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Unerring nature still divinely bright
- Page No:
- p.33
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope [p.33]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Like a player
- Page No:
- p.35
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- as Shakespeare says, [p.35]
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- As in a theatre the eyes of men
- Page No:
- p.36
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- as our immortal Poet writes [i.e., Shakespeare] [p.36]
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Of all the causes which conspire to blind
- Page No:
- p.36
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Think timely think on the last dreadful day
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'in the Spanish Friar' [p.38]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O I am most miserable
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'In Rule a Wife we have another' [...] [p.39]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As cheats to play with those still aim
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Hud. [i.e., Samuel Butler's Hudibras]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The world in my opinion is a stage
- Page No:
- p.46
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'as Boileau has said long ago', [p.45]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The hissing serpent eager for his prey
- Page No:
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'The Irish History informs us [...] The Irish is thus elegantly translated by a native Bard'. [i.e., Dermot O'Connor] [p.48].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The holy prophet was inspired to see
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'translated by the same elegant hand'. [p.48]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once in three years the great convention sat
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'the following Lines translated from the original Irish by the same Hand'. [p.49]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A poet to applaud or boldly blame
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'A few more lines of the same Author, and same Translator'. [p.50]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well by this time your eyes have ached with gazing
- Page No:
- pp.66-68
- Poem Title:
- A Prologue spoke at Ransford-street Playhouse, on the Revival of The Royal Merchant, or The Beggars Bush; which was acted with the Mock Coronation, on the playing King Henry the VIIIth and Coronation in Aungier-street Playhouse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear ladies may I perish but I'm proud
- Page No:
- pp.69-70
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'spoken by Mrs. Bellamy in Boy's Cloaths', [p.69]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As some poor squire to country quarters sent
- Page No:
- pp.70-71
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'the Poet drew his Pen in their Defence, and furnished forth the following Prologue, spoke by Miss Mackay' [p.70]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Can then a look create a thought
- Page No:
- p.98
- Poem Title:
- The First Song.
- Attribution:
- 'a Couple of Songs as a Specimen of his [i.e., Barton Booth's] Taste in English Poetry' [p.98]
- Attributed To:
- Barton Booth
- First Line:
- Sweet are the charms of her I love
- Page No:
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- The Second Song.
- Attribution:
- 'a Couple of Songs as a Specimen of his [i.e., Barton Booth's] Taste in English Poetry' [p.98]
- Attributed To:
- Barton Booth
- First Line:
- Such beauty as great strength thinks no disgrace
- Page No:
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'the Poet' [p.104]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The maid in action just in judgment strong
- Page No:
- pp.113-114
- Poem Title:
- '[...] a few lines from a Poem on Bellamy; the Motto from Milton'. [p.113]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The aged mother to her daughter spake
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'as a German Author writes of the Nestorian Lady Malburges, of that Country' [p.118]. Translation unattributed.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now I suppose you'll find your work is done
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue, Spoken by the Author, and his Wife.
- Attribution:
- 'he [a 'Gentleman'] wrote an Epilogue, that was spoken by Mr. Theophilus' [p.119]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The French however Mercurial they may seem
- Page No:
- pp.122-124
- Poem Title:
- Spoke by Mr. Cibber.
- Attribution:
- 'a Prologue wrote by the Laureat' [i.e., Colley Cibber] [p.122]
- Attributed To:
- Colley Cibber
- First Line:
- Thou best of actors here interred
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph, On Thomas Elrington, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus when our stated time of life is come
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Soft thrilling notes swelled out with art
- Page No:
- p.142
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There is a tall long sided dame
- Page No:
- pp.147-148
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'as Hudibras tells us' [i.e., Samuel Butler] [p.147].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The pliant soul of erring youth
- Page No:
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'I took these lines of verse from the Mouth of Mr. Wilks'. [p.149] footnote]
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Wilks
- First Line:
- Thou mimic of Cibber of Garrick thou ape
- Page No:
- pp.155-156
- Poem Title:
- On a Pseudo-Player.
- Attribution:
- 'this Poet', 'this angry Author' [p.156]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature for ages made her dark abode
- Page No:
- pp.159-160
- Poem Title:
- Verses on Mr. Garrick, June 19, 1742.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Roman days once Cato the severe
- Page No:
- p.161
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Garrick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If truth can fix thy wavering heart
- Page No:
- p.162
- Poem Title:
- To Sylvia.
- Attribution:
- 'This great Actor is Author of [...] several well-wrote Prologues, Epilogues, Songs and Poems' [p.161]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Tom Dogget the greatest sly drole in his parts
- Page No:
- p.169
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'A humorous Poet' [p.168 footnote]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My scandalous neighbours of Portugal street
- Page No:
- pp.179-184
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- He ['Mr Leigh'] has wrote several humorous Songs. Here follows a Sample' [p.179]
- Attributed To:
- John Leigh
- First Line:
- When Roscius died each generous Roman wept
- Page No:
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While Macklin charms the listening throng
- Page No:
- p.191
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Macklin.
- Attribution:
- 'the Sentiments of a young Gentleman in this City'. [p.191]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis not to make me jealous
- Page No:
- p.192
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'as Othello says' [i.e., Shakespeare] [p.192]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Virtue could see to do what virtue would
- Page No:
- p.194
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- While greatness hears such language spoke
- Page No:
- p.198
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To atoms thus
- Page No:
- p.201
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'In Calista, the Fair Penitent' [i.e., Rowe] [p.201].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oldfield's no more and can the muse forbear
- Page No:
- pp.206-208
- Poem Title:
- A Poem to the Memory of Mrs. Anne Oldfield.
- Attribution:
- 'wrote by Mr. Savage, illegitimate Son to Earl Rivers' [p.204]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Savage
- First Line:
- Adieu unspotted excellence adieu
- Page No:
- pp.212-213
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'a few lines of a Poet' [p.212]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Envy will merit as its shade persue
- Page No:
- p.219
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'by the inimitable Pen of Mr. Pope' [p.219]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Then Storer with her sweet enchanting strains
- Page No:
- p.222
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The flowery bloom of May adorns the stage
- Page No:
- p.226
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let the soft captivating strains
- Page No:
- pp.228-229
- Poem Title:
- A Cantata, Performed at the Castle of Dublin the 21st of January 1747-8. the Birth-Day of his Royal Highness Frederic, Prince of Wales.
- Attribution:
- 'Mr Benjamin Victor' [p.227]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Victor
- First Line:
- Whoever to a wife
- Page No:
- pp.249-250
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. James Worsdale. [p.249]
- Attributed To:
- James Worsdale
- First Line:
- Curse on all cowards say I why bless my eyes
- Page No:
- pp.254-256
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue Design'd for Mrs Woffington in the Character of a Volunteer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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