The time has been when plays were not so plenty
- DMI number:
- 17535
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- 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
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION
- 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
Poem Aliases
Mourning Bride. Prologue.
Congreve. Mourning Bride.
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