Excuse me sirs I pray I can't yet speak
- DMI number:
- 33902
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Excuse me sirs I pray I can't yet speak
- Last Line:
- Pronounce him regular or dub him quack
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Prologue
- Themes:
- Theatre
- Author:
- David Garrick
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Poetical Works (1785) II: 281-283.
- Title:
- A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.258-259
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To She Stoops To Conquer. Spoken By Mr. Woodward, Dressed In Deep Mourning.
- Attribution:
- Garrick.
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- Title:
- The British spouter or stage assistant: containing the most celebrated prologues and epilogues [T99203] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To She Stoops To Conquer: Or, The Mistakes Of A Night...Spoken by Mr. Woodward, dressed in Black, and holding a Handkerchief to his Eyes.
- Attribution:
- Written By Mr. Garrick.
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- Title:
- The Spouter's Companion [T114672]
- Page No(s):
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to She Stoops to Conquer, Or The Mistakes Of A Night...Spoken by Mr. Woodward.
- Attribution:
- Wrote by David Garrick, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
Poem Aliases
She stoops to conquer. Prologue.
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