Citation - Massachusetts Spy-Worcester: 1776.05.24

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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.
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Generic Title Massachusetts Spy-Worcester 
Date 1776.05.24 
Publisher Thomas, Isaiah 
City, State Worcester, MA 
Year 1776 
Bibliography B0021716
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