Theater - Moral and ethical aspects - Early works to 1800
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A farther vindication of the short view of the profaneness and immorality of the English stage, in which the objections of a late book, entituled, A defence of plays, are consider'd. By Jeremy Collier, M.A
Jeremy CollierDate: 1708- E-books
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Effects of the stage on the manners of a people and the propriety of encouraging and establishing a virtuous theatre. By a Bostonian.
Haliburton, WilliamDate: MDCCXCII. [1792]- E-books
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The Address and petition of a number of the clergy of various denominations, in the city of Philadelphia , to the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Pennsylvania, relative to the passing of a law against vice and immorality. To which are subjoined, some considerations in favour of said petition, so far as it relates to the prohibition of theatrical exhibitions.
Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- E-books
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A representation of the impiety & immorality of the English stage , with reasons for putting a stop thereto: and some questions addrest to those who frequent the play-houses.
Date: 1704- E-books
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The vengeance of God, and the impenitency of men, demonstrated , in the country's being laid waste in blood and misery; while the inhabitants, particularly in Edinburgh, are rioting in lewdness and vice, and encouraging that Source of Wickedness, the Play-House. With an absract, [sic] shewing the danger and sinfulness of the stage.
Date: 1747