Lot 25
Irish Theatre.- Griffith (Thomas, Irish actor).- ?Allen (J.) A Prologe Spoke by Mr Griffith and Mr Ellington, manuscript in a letter to Richard Molesworth, n.d. [not later than 1744].
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Irish Theatre.- Griffith (Thomas, Irish actor and theatre manager, 1680-1744).- ?Allen (J.) A Prologe Spoke by Mr Griffith and Mr Ellington, manuscript in a letter to Richard Molesworth, 2pp., lower edges chipped not affecting text, folds, a few marks, slightly browned, folio, n.d. [not later than 1744].
⁂ A prologue for an Irish comedy actor performing in a benefit performance of an unidentified play.
"Mr G: I am thinking, now I have my sober senses/ How the Devill we come by empty benches/ Shakspear we play, Beaumont and Fletcher too,/ Our owne dear Farquar, Congrve, Dryden now/ And yet this choice collection will not doe,/More likely things we try Confounded farces... ." - Prologue.
"My Lord I wrote these lines at the desire of that very good Comedian Mr Griffith to bee spooke at a play for his benifit... ." - ?J. Allen.
Description
Irish Theatre.- Griffith (Thomas, Irish actor and theatre manager, 1680-1744).- ?Allen (J.) A Prologe Spoke by Mr Griffith and Mr Ellington, manuscript in a letter to Richard Molesworth, 2pp., lower edges chipped not affecting text, folds, a few marks, slightly browned, folio, n.d. [not later than 1744].
⁂ A prologue for an Irish comedy actor performing in a benefit performance of an unidentified play.
"Mr G: I am thinking, now I have my sober senses/ How the Devill we come by empty benches/ Shakspear we play, Beaumont and Fletcher too,/ Our owne dear Farquar, Congrve, Dryden now/ And yet this choice collection will not doe,/More likely things we try Confounded farces... ." - Prologue.
"My Lord I wrote these lines at the desire of that very good Comedian Mr Griffith to bee spooke at a play for his benifit... ." - ?J. Allen.
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