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While modern tragedy by rule exact

DMI number:
39022
Poem Aliases
Philaster. Prologue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
While modern tragedy by rule exact
Last Line:
And nurse the infant saplings of the age
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Prologue
Themes:
Theatre
Related People
Author:
George Colman
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Variant prologue to 'Philaster' (1663, ESTC T42231). Colman (1787) III: 171-172.
Related Poems
First Line:
While modern tragedy by rule exact
Last Line:
And nurse the infant saplings of the stage
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.184-186
Poem Title:
Prologue To Philaster. Altered From Beaumont And Fletcher.
Attribution:
Colman.
Attributed To:
George Colman