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Description: | This manuscript by Robert Burns is of the work, 'Prologue - No song nor dance I bring from yon great City'. Burns wrote this piece to be performed by George S Sutherland of the Dumfries Theatre company on New Year's Day, 1790.
Sutherland established the Theatre Royal, Dumfries which opened in September 1792. Burns was an enthusiastic theatregoer with a regular seat in the pit. He wrote several prologues for players in Dumfries.
George S Sutherland was the manager of the Dumfries Theatre company. He received these lines on 31 December 1789 with a note from Burns suggesting that they be performed on the following day. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 1790-01-01 - 1790-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | 'Prologue - No song nor dance I bring fr | Go to resource |
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