Record

Document Reference	Pw V 551
Title	MS verse, unattributed prologue for Terence's Adelphoe, performed at Westminster School (Jan. 1725); n.d.[1725]
Date	1725
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	The text consists of 30 lines in elegiac couplets. This is a specially composed prologue for Terence's Adelphoe, performed at Westminster School. Text is followed by: 'This was spoke on Jan. 26 1724/5 by French (who acted Demea) in a King scholars habit'. The 'muliercula' and 'semivir' of lines 3 and 4 are probably the Italian singers Cuzzoni and Senesini. For the cast list of the play, see Pw2 V 120.
Title Of Work	Prologus in Adelphos
First Line of Poem	Vidimus Italici nugas pompamq<ue> theatri
Last Line of Poem	Italici, sunt vox, praetereaq<ue> nihil.
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One quarto
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London (bottom half only)
Watermark	Arms of London
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:Pw2 V 120
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Cast list
Publication Note	Lewis's Miscellany (1726) & Lusus Westmonasterienses (1730)

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72710	Terentius Afer; P. (c.190-c.159 BC); -; Terence; Roman comic dramatist	c.190-c.159 BC
NA72712	French; Geering (c.1706-); King's Scholar at Westminster School 1721-5	c.1706-
NA72713	Cuzzoni; Francesca (c.1700-1770); Italian opera singer	c.1700-1770
NA72714	Senesini; - (fl 1725); Signor; Italian opera singer	fl 1725