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Document ReferencePw V 450
TitleMS prologue and epilogue composed by Samuel Wesley, the younger, and Thomas Fitzgerald for Terence's Phormio performed at Westminster School (Dec. 1727); 1727
Date5 December 1727
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionIndividual entries are described under references Pw V 450/1-2.
Prologue and epilogue composed by Wesley and Fitzgerald for Terence's Phormio performed at Westminster School, 5 Dec. 1727.

The published prologue is somewhat variant, and gives a different speaker (Mostyn), but could be from a performance later in the month before the Duke of Cumberland on 14 Dec. (see Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses I (1863) p47).
LanguageLatin
Termeducation, schools, Westminster School
Physical DescriptionOne sheet folded once to form two folios
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Arms of Anne, Queen of Great Britain within crowned garter, 82 x 65 mm

Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR surrounded by palm fronds within a circle, 43 x 43 mm; centralmark, monogram CW in ornate cursive letters, 11 x 18 mm
WatermarkArms of Anne
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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA72710Terentius Afer; P. (c.190-c.159 BC); -; Terence; Roman comic dramatistc.190-c.159 BC
NA11457Mostyn; John (1710-1779); General; M.P. Malton 1741-68 Governor of Minorca 1770-31710-1779
NA72806Wesley; Samuel (1691-1739); Mr; the younger1691-1739
NA74448Fitzgerald; Thomas (c.1695-1752); Mr; Queen's Scholar Westminster School 1710-14; later Usher at Westminster Schoolc.1695-1752
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