Index Entry | Actors, amateur, in Boston, performance by British army officers and ladies |
Location | Boston |
Citation | MS-W.776.013 24 May 1776:41 (267) The following prologue was spoken at the opening of the theatre, by the Ministerial Army in Boston. PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF ZARA. By General Burgoyne. In Britain once, it stains th' historic page, Freedom was vital struck with party rage; Cromwell the fever watch'd, the knife supply'd She madden'd and by suicide she dy'd. . . . [39 more lines followed by] |
Generic Title | Massachusetts Spy-Worcester |
Date | 1776.05.24 |
Publisher | Thomas, Isaiah |
City, State | Worcester, MA |
Year | 1776 |
Bibliography | B0021716 |