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The evil and danger of stage-plays : shewing their natural tendency to destroy religion, and introduce a general corruption of manners; in almost two thousand instances, taken from the plays of the two last years, against all the methods lately used for their reformation /

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Main Author: Bedford, Arthur, 1668-1745
Other Authors: Bonny, William (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Printed and sold by W. Bonny, and the booksellers of Bristol : and by Henry Mortlock at the sign of the Phœnix in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London, 1706.
Subjects:
Theater > Moral and ethical aspects > Early works to 1800.
Theater > England > Early works to 1800.
English drama > History and criticism > Early works to 1800.
Théâtre > Aspect moral > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Theater.
Theater > Moral and ethical aspects.
England.
Early works.
Panel-stamped bindings (Binding) > 18th century.
Cancellation (Printing) > England > Bristol > 1706.
Cancellation (Printing) > England > London > 1706.
Errata lists (Printing) > England > Bristol > 1706.
Errata lists (Printing) > England > London > 1706.
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Description
Item Description:Title in double rule box.
Leaf B1 (p.1-2) cancelled. The caption title of the cancellandum reads: Hell upon earth: or, The language of the play-house. The cancellans caption title reads: The evil and danger of Stage-plays.
Errata: page [229].
Advertisement: page [231].
Pages [228] and [232] blank.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:7 preliminary leaves, 227 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered leaves ; 20 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
Place of Publication:England -- Bristol.
England -- London.