Theater - Religious aspects
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An oration, in which an enquiry is made whether the stage is, or can be made a school for forming the mind to virtue; And proving the Superiority of Theatric Instruction over those of History and Moral Philosophy. With reflections on operas. Spoke March 13, 1733, in the Jesuits College at Paris, in Presence of the Cardinals de Polignac and de Bissy, the Pope's Nuncio, and several other Persons of the highest Distinction by Charles Por�ee of the Society of Jesus, translated into English by J. Lockman
Por�ee, Charles, 1675-1741.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- E-books
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Apology for The minor In a Letter to The Rev. Mr Baine. To which is added, The Original Epilogue. By Samuel Foote, Esq;.
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- E-books
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A letter to a lady concerning the new play house
Jeremy CollierDate: 1706- E-books
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An expostulatory letter to the Rev. W. D. Tattersall, A. M. Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, and Vicar of Morton-Underedge, Gloucestershire. in which the bad tendency of the admission of stage amusements, in a religious and moral point of view, is seriously considered. By Rowland Hill, A. M. Late of St. John's College, Cambridge
Hill, Rowland, 1744-1833.Date: 1795- E-books
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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.
Jeremy CollierDate: 1705