The Occasional paper. Vol. III. Numb. IX. of plays and masquerades.

A letter from several members of the Society for Reformation of Manners. To the most Reverend Father in God Thomas by Divine Providence, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury.
Published: (1704)

The actors vindication, : containing, three brief treatises, viz. I. Their antiquity. II. Their antient dignity, III. The true use of their quality.
by: Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641
Published: (1658)

Histrio-mastix : The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an utter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne.
by: Prynne, William, 1600-1669
Published: (1633)

Histrio-mastix : The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne.
by: Prynne, William, 1600-1669
Published: (1633)

Histrio-mastix, The players scourge, or, Actors Tragaedie : divided into two parts : wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of scripture, of the whole primitive church, both under the law and gospell, of 55 synodes and councels, of 71 fathers and christian writers, before the yeare of our Lord 1200 of above 150 foraigne and domestique Protestant and Popish authors, since, of 40 heathen philosophers, historians, poets, of many heathen, many christian nations, republiques, emperors, princes, magistrates, of sundry apostolicall, canonicall, imperiall constitutions, and of our owne english statues, magistrates, universities, writers, preachers, that popular stage-playes (the very pompes of the Divell which we renounce in baptisme, if we beleeve the Fathers) are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men : and that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players, together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, imfamous and misbeseeming Christians all pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered, and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed, besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, & e of which the table will informe you /
by: Prynne, William, 1600-1669

The schoole of abuse : contayning a pleasaunt inuectiue against poets, pipers, players, iesters, and such like caterpillers of a common wealth; setting vp the flagge of defiance to their mischiuous exercise, and ouerthrowing their bulwarkes, by prophane writers, naturall reason and common experience. ... By Stephan Gosson stud. Oxon.
by: Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624
Published: (1587)

A letter to A. H. Esq [as printed] concerning the stage (1698) : and The occasional paper: no. IX (1698) /
Published: (1946)

Pierce Penilesse, his svpplication to the divell (1592) /
by: Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601
Published: (1924)

Pierce Penilesse, his supplication to the Divell (1592) /
by: Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601
Published: (1970)

The schoole of abuse <August?> 1579. : And a short apologie of the schoole of abuse. <November?> 1579.
by: Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624
Published: (1895)

The copy of a letter, writ to the Queen's most excellent Majesty; : which was design'd, humbly to be presented to her Majesty in writing, quickly after Whitsuntide, but the yeomen of the guard wou'd not let me deliver it, except they knew what it was about; and after they did know, they were very angry, and delt very roughly by me, and peremptorily resolv'd I shou'd not deliver it, not give the Queen any trouble about such matters. ...
by: True member of the Church of England
Published: (1702)

An apology for actors : Containing three briefe treatises. 1 Their antiquity. 2 Their ancient dignity. 3 The true vse of their quality. Written by Thomas Heywood.
by: Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641
Published: (1612)

Pierce Penilesse his supplication to the diuell. Written by Tho. Nash, Gent
by: Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601
Published: (1592)

Pierce Penilesse his supplication to the diuell. Written by Tho. Nash, Gent
by: Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601
Published: (1595)

The evil and danger of stage-plays /
by: Bedford, Arthur, 1668-1745
Published: (1974)

Th'overthrow of stage-playes /
by: Rainolds, John, 1549-1607
Published: (1974)

Playes confuted in five actions /
by: Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624
Published: (1972)

A second and third blast of retrait from plaies and theaters: : the one whereof was sounded by a reuerend byshop dead long since; the other by a worshipful and zealous gentleman now aliue: one showing the filthines of plaies in times past; the other the abhomination of theaters in the time present: both expresly prouing that that common-weale is nigh vnto the cursse of God, wherein either plaiers be made of, or theaters maintained. Set forth by Anglo-phile Eutheo.
by: Salvian, of Marseilles, ca. 400-ca. 480
Published: (1580)

A second and third blast of retrait from plaies and theaters : the one whereof was sounded by a reuerend byshop dead long since; the other by a worshipful and zealous gentleman now aliue: one showing the filthines of plaies in times past; the other the abhomination of theaters in the time present: both expresly prouing that that common-weale is nigh vnto the cursse of God, wherein either plaiers be made of, or theaters maintained. Set forth by Anglo-phile Eutheo.
by: Salvian, of Marseilles, ca. 400-ca. 480
Published: (1580)

Theatrum triumphans, or, A discourse of plays : shewing the lawfulness and excellent use of drammatique poesy, and vindicateing the stage from all those groundless calumnies and misrepresentations, wherewith it is aspersed ... /
by: Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645
Published: (1670)

Theatrum triumphans, or, A discourse of plays : shewing the lawfulness and excellent use of drammatique poesy, and vindicateing the stage from all those groundless calumnies and misrepresentations, wherewith it is aspersed ... /
by: Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645

The overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes : wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; the objections aunswered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the iudgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easilie bee satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onely vnlawfull to bee an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Wherevnto are added also and annexed in the end certaine latine letters betwixt the said Maister Rainoldes, and Doct, [sic] Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.
by: Rainolds, John, 1549-1607
Published: (1629)

Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes : wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections aunswered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the iudgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easelie be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onely vnlawfull to bee an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Wherevnto are added also and annexed in th'end certeine latine letters betwixt the sayed Maister Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.
by: Rainolds, John, 1549-1607
Published: (1600)

Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes : wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections aunswered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the iudgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easelie be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onely vnlawfull to bee an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Wherevnto are added also and annexed in th'end certeine latine letters betwixt the sayed Maister Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.
by: Rainolds, John, 1549-1607
Published: (1599)

A treatise /
by: Northbrooke, John
Published: (1974)

Mr VVilliam Prynn his defence of stage-plays, or A retractation of a former book of his called Histrio-mastix.
by: Prynne, William, 1600-1669
Published: (1649)

Extracts from the writings of divers eminent authors, of different religious denominations; and at various periods of time, representing the evils and pernicious effects of stage plays, and other vain amusements.

Extracts from the writings of divers eminent authors, of different religious denominations; and at various periods of time, representing the evils and pernicious effects of stage plays, and other vain amusements /

The problem-play and its influence on modern thought and life /
by: Balmforth, Ramsden
Published: (1928)

The Occasional paper : Vol. II. Numb. IX. of societies for reformation of manners; with an address to magistrates.
Published: (1717)

Theatricality, dark tourism and ethical spectatorship : absent others /
by: Willis, Emma
Published: (2014)

Theatrum redivivum : or the theatre vindicated by Sir Richard Baker in answer to Mr. Pryn's Histrio-mastix: wherein his groundless assertions against stage-plays are discovered, his miss-taken allegations of the fathers manifested, as also what he calls his reasons, to be nothing but his passions.
by: Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645
Published: (1662)

A Treatise of daunses : wherin it is shewed, that they are as it were accessories and depe[n]dants (or thinges annexed) to whoredome, where also by the way is touched and proued, that playes are ioyned and knit togeather in a rancke or rowe with them.
Published: (1581)

The Christian conflict : a treatise shewing the difficulties and duties of this conflict, with the armour and speciall graces to be exercised by Christian souldiers ... : the case of vsury and depopulation, and the errours of antinomists occasionally also discussed /
by: Bentham, Joseph, 1594?-1671

J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve, à M. d'Alembert... sur son article Geneve...
by: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Published: (1782)

The speech of Joseph T-sd-le, Esq; in the House of Representatives, June 1767 : against the bill then before the House, for preventing stage plays, and other theatrical entertainments.
by: Tisdale, Joseph, 1736-1768
Published: (1767)