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The time has been when plays were not so plenty

DMI number:
17535
Poem Aliases
Mourning Bride. Prologue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Congreve. Mourning Bride.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The time has been when plays were not so plenty
Last Line:
Prepared by just decrees to stand or fall
Poem Genre / Form:
Drama, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Prologue
Themes:
Corruption, Poetry / literature / writing, Theatre, and Virtue / vice
Related People
Author:
William Congreve
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
LION
Content/Publication
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]
Page No(s):
pp.19-21
Poem Title:
Spoken by Mr. BETTERTON, to the Tragedy of The Mourning Bride.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
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]
Page No(s):
pp.19-21
Poem Title:
Spoken by Mr. Betterton, to the Tragedy of The Mourning Bride.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.76-77
Poem Title:
Prologue To The Mourning Bride.
Attribution:
Congreve.
Attributed To:
William Congreve
Title:
Prologues and epilogues, celebrated for their poetical merit [ecco] [N12159]
Page No(s):
pp.171-172
Poem Title:
Prologue To Mr. Congreve's Mournign Bride.
Attribution:
Congreve.
Attributed To:
William Congreve