17th and 18th Century Censorship of the English Stage and Jeremy Collier's Pamphlet, 'A Short View on Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage'

Number of Pages 7

In seven pages this paper discusses how the 1737 Licensing Act and censorship of Restoration era comedies were the direct result of the 1698 pamphlet 'A Short View on Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage' by Jeremy Collier. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.


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