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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 525
Title
Prologue to MS play 'Virtue Betray'd'; c 1682
Date
c 1682
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 35 lines.
From the play Virtue Betray'd; or Anna Bullen, first staged at the Dorset Garden theatre in 1682.
See also Pw V 371 for Shadwell's prologue to the play.
Title Of Work
Prologue to Anna Bullen
First Line of Poem
To all impartiall Judges in the Pitt
Last Line of Poem
He sends them to a Jury of the Citty
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Fleur de lis within narrow, crowned shield, approx. 70 x 54 mm
Watermark
Fleur de lis
Publication Note
J. Banks, Virtue Betray'd; or, Anna Bullen (London, 1682)
Wiley, Rare Prologue and Epilogue ( ) pp 89-91
The London Stage, '1660-1700' (1965) p 308
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Dates of existence
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Banks; John (fl 1696); Mr
fl 1696
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