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In times when gloomy superstition reigned

DMI number:
33641
First Line:
In times when gloomy superstition reigned
Last Line:
We crave your pardon and excuse applause
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet, Apology, and Prologue
Themes:
Critics / criticism, Manners, and Theatre[purpose of comedy of manners, despite condemnation]
Content/Publication
Title:
The flower-piece, a collection of modern poems [T213573]
Page No(s):
pp.149-150
Poem Title:
Prologue To The Plays At H--. Acted November 24th And 25th, 1774. Spoken By Lord P--.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
The fugitive miscellany: a collection of fugitive pieces in prose and verse [vol 2] [T118867] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.149-150
Poem Title:
Prologue to the Plays at H---. Acted November 24th and 25th, 1774. Spoken by Lord P----.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed