Several Children; Fathers and Mothers unknown.
The Scene lies in the Town of Weimar, and the Neighbourhood of the Abbey of Quedlinburgh.
Time, from the Twelfth to the present Century.
PROLOGUE.
(In character.)
Too long the triumphs of our early times,
With civil discord, and with regal crimes,
Have stain'd these boards; while Shakespeare's pen has shown
Thoughts, manners, men, to modern days unknown.
Too long have Rome and Athens been the rage; [Applause.