The stage condemn'd, and the encouragement given to the immoralities and profaneness of the theatre, by the English schools, universities and pulpits, censur'd : King Charles I Sundays mask and declaration for sports and pastimes on the Sabbath, largely related and animadverted upon : the arguments of all the authors that have writ in defence of the stage against Mr. Collier, consider'd, and the sense of the fathers, councils, antient philosophers and poets, and of the Greek and Roman States, and of the first Christian Emperours concerning drama, faithfully deliver'd : together with the censure of the English state and of the several antient and modern divines of the Church of England upon the stage, and remarks on diverse late plays : as also on those presented by the two universities to King Charles I.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for John Salusbury ...,
1698.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Errata: preliminary pages [7]. Advertisement: preliminary pages [8]. Attributed to George Ridpath by Wing, Halkett and Laing (2d edition), DNB. "... in support of Jeremy Collier's 'Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the Englsh stage'." Cf. DNB XVI 1179. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([8], 216 pages) |