A defence of The short view of the profaneness and immorality of the English stage, &c.  Being a reply to Mr. Congreve's Amendments, &c. and to the Vindication of the author of the Relapse. By Jeremy Collier, M.A.

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. The Arguments of all the Authors that have Writ in Defence of the Stage against Mr. Collier, Consider'd. The Sense of the Fathers, Councils, Antient Philosophers and Poets, and of the Greek and Roman States, and of the First Christian Emperors concerning the Drama, Faithfully Deliver'd. Together with The Censure of the English State and of several Antient and Modern Divines of the Church of England upon the Stage. Also Remarks on diverse late Plays, as also on those presented by the two Universities to King Charles I

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

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Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726. Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage.

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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