Some thoughts on the present state of the theatres : and the consequences of an act to destroy the liberty of the stage.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
[publisher not identified],
[1737?]
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| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | Anonymous. By Henry Fielding. Dated 1737 by Lockwood, and 1735 by Arnott. Author attribution and suggested publication date from: Lockwood, Thomas, "A new essay by Fielding", Modern Philology 78, number 1 (August 1980): pp. 48-58. Attribution accepted by Battestin, who includes this essay in his New essays by Henry Fielding (Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 1989). Against the restriction of the number of playhouses; compares the freedom of the stage to the freedom of the press. Drop-head title. With a docket title. Reproduction of original from the Huntington Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 2⁰. |