The hero and the lover long have been
- DMI number:
- 5050
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- The hero and the lover long have been
- Last Line:
- And settle the then tottering empire's crown
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Prologue
- Themes:
- Patriotism / glory of the British nation, Theatre, and War
- Author:
- Mary Pix [nee Griffith]
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Play from which this prologue is taken is attributed in Diverting Post (P2118) no. 1 to Mary Pix though Annette Kramer disputes Pix's role in the play and its prologue ('Mary Pix's nebulous relationship to Zelmane', Notes and Queries 41.2 (1994) 186-7).
- Author:
- William Mountfort
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Prologue to 'Zelmane: or, the Corinthian Queen' Act 5. (1705, ESTC T54956).
- Title:
- The diverting post, for the entertainment of town and country [P2118]
- Page No(s):
- Numb. 4 (r)
- Poem Title:
- A prologue to the Corinthian queen, spoken by Mr. Booth, being the first time of the whole company's playing
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Mountfort. Zelmane. Prologue.
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