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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 370
Title
Autograph MS verse, entitled 'Prologue or Epilogue To The Country Captain', by Thomas Shadwell; n.d. [c.1690]
Date
1689-1690
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 31 lines.
Shadwell's prologue or epilogue to a revival of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle's play, The Country Captaine (London, 1649).
Title Of Work
Prologue or Epilogue To the Country Captain
First Line of Poem
A Good Play cannot properly be sed
Last Line of Poem
To blow up Houses, and to quench a fire
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within ornate and crowned shield, under the shield letters HG, 78 x 42 mm
Italic
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
F. Needham, Welbeck miscellany, no 2 (1934) p 50
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72873
Shadwell; Thomas (c.1642-1692); Mr; dramatist and poet
c.1642-1692
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