Record

Document Reference	Pw V 371
Title	Autograph MS poem, untitled, by Thomas Shadwell; n.d. [1682]
Date	1682
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 44 lines. Prologue for play by John Banks, Vertue betray'd; on Anna Bullen, (London, 1682) first staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London by the Duke of York's company in late March 1682.
First Line of Poem	Our Poet's ill advis'd perhaps you'l say
Last Line of Poem	As would to see her dye upon the Block
Language	English
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos. Tear and remanants of seal wax shows how the paper was once folded and sealed.
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of France, crowned (small) and flanked by standing angels, 72 x 105 mm Italic
Watermark	Arms of France
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	F. Needham, Welbeck miscellany, no 2 (1934) pp 48-49
Publication Note	W. Van Lennep, The London Stage 1660-1800 (Carbondale, Illinois, 1965) pt 1, pp 308, 311, 401