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• Plays and Puritans, and Other Historical Essays, by Charles Kingsley (Gutenberg texts)
• A Treatise Of Daunses, Wherin it is Shewed, That They Are as it Were Accessories and Dependants (or Thynges Annexed) to Whoredome: Where Also by the Way is Touched and Proued, That Playes are Ioyned and Knit Togeather in a Rancke or Rowe With Them (1581) (Gutenberg text)
• The school of abuse <Auguat?> 1579. And a short Apologie of The school of abuse. <November?> 1579 (London, A. Murray & son, 1868), by Stephen Gosson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The controversy between the Puritans and the stage, (New York, H. Holt and company, 1903), by Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's profession / with an introduction by John Corbin, The tyranny of police and press. (New York : Brentano's, 1905), by Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examen teologico-moral sobre los teatros actuales de España, escrito por don Nicolas Blanco pseud.] (Zaragoza, Impr. de F. Moreno, Reimpreso en Sevilla, Impr. de Vazquez, 1766), by Miguel López (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maximes et réflexions sur la comédie, précédées de la lettre au P. Caffaro et de deux lettres de ce religieux, suivies d'une épitre en vers adressée à Bossuet. Nouvelle éd., collationnée sur le texte de 1694, avec une introduction et des notes par A. Gazier ... (Paris, Vve E. Belin et fils, 1881), by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Maximes et réflexions sur la comédie; précédées de la lettre au P. Caffaro et de deux lettres de ce réligieux, suivies d'une épitre en vers addressée à Bossuet. (Paris, Librairie Classique Eugène, Belin, 1881), by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les débuts de la critique dramatique en Angleterre jusqu'à la mort de Shakespeare, (Paris, E. Leroux, 1903), by Harold Symmes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Four discourses on subjects relating to the amusement of the stage: preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with copious supplementary notes. (Cambridge [Eng.] Printed by F. Hodson, for F. C. and J. Rivington; sold by J. Hatchard, London [etc.], 1809), by James Plumptre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commentatio de personis vvlgo larvis sev mascheris von der carnavals-lvst, critico, historico, morali atqve ivridico modo diligenter conscripta a Christoph. Henr. nob. dom. de Berger ... (Francofvrti et Lipsiae, apud G.M. Knochivm, [1723]), by Christoph Heinrich Berger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic traditions of the dark ages, (Chicago, The University of Chicago press; [etc., etc. ], 1907), by Joseph Salathiel Tunison (page images at HathiTrust)
• La inmoralidad del teatro moderno. (Madrid, Imp. del Asilo de Huérfanos del S.C. de Jesús, 1899), by Antonio González Antías (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sermons on the amusements of the stage : preached at St. James's church, Sheffield / by T. Best. (Sheffield : George Ridge ; London : Hamilton and Adams, 1831), by Thomas Best (page images at HathiTrust)
• Teatro femminista ... (Torino, S. Lattes & c.; [etc., etc.], 1919), by Alfredo Sartolio (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le nu a l'eglise au theatre et dans la rue. Preface de Gustave Kahn. (Paris, En vente chez l'auteur, 1909), by Georges Normandy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• De Kerk en het Tooneel / M.A. Perk. (Amsterdam : Gebroeders Kraay, 1876), by M. A. Perk (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Jeremy Collier stage controversy, 1698-1726 ... (Milwaukee, Wis., Marquette university press, 1937), by Sister Rose Anthony (page images at HathiTrust)
• The stage controversy in France from Corneille to Rousseau, by M. Barras, PH.D. (New York, [c1933]), by Moses Barras (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire comparée du théâtre et des moeurs en France, dès la formation de la langue./ Par Onésime Leroy. (Paris : Hachette, 1844), by Pierre Joseph Jean Baptiste Onésime Léroy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Verhandeling over den invloed van den schouwburg op het zedenlyk karakter. (Amsterdam, J. Allart, 1802-), by Jan van Woestenberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Letter to the Rev. T. Binney, in defence of the drama; showing the futility of the objections made by him against theatrical amusements, in his lecture recently delivered in Wells Street Chapel, by Thomas Egerton Wilks. (London, W. Sams, 1838), by Thomas Egerton Wilks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preface to The campaigners (1698) and Preface to the translation of Bossuet's Maxims and reflections upon plays (1699), anonymous. With an introd. by Joseph Wood Krutch. ([Los Angeles] Augustan Reprint Society, 1948), by Thomas D'Urfey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Representation of the impiety and immorality of the English stage (1704) anon. and Some thoughts concerning the stage (1704) anon. With an introd. by Emmett L. Avery and a bibliographical note. ([Los Angeles] Augustan Reprint Society, 1947) (page images at HathiTrust)
• La comédie et les moeurs sous la restauration et la monarchie de juillet (1815-1848) Préface de Jules Lemaître ... (Paris, A. Fontemoing, 1904), by Charles Marc Des Granges (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lettres sur les spectacles; avec une histoire des ouvrages pour & contre les théatres. Par m. Desprez de Boissy ... (Paris, Boudet [etc.], 1777), by Charles Desprez de Boissy (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the stage : in which the arguments in its behalf, and those against it are considered, and its morality, character, and effects illustrated / by Timothy Dwight. (Middletown, Conn. : Sharp, Jones, & Co., 1824), by Timothy Dwight (page images at HathiTrust)
• A serious inquiry into the nature and effects of the stage : and a letter respecting play actors / by John Witherspoon. Also, A sermon on the burning of the theatre at Richmond, &c / by Samuel Miller. Together with an introductory address by several ministers in New York, &c. (New York : Whiting and Watson, 1812), by John Witherspoon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le théâtre et la philosophie au XVIIIe siècle, par Léon Fontaine. (Versailles, Cerf, 1878), by Léon Fontaine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An essay on the stage; in which the arguments in its behalf, and those against it, are considered; and its morality, character, and effects illustrated. (Aberdeen, Printed by D. Chalmers, and sold by W. Gracie, Berwick [etc.], 1820), by Alexander Sutor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les imaginaires, ou Lettres sur l'heresie imaginaire ... Par le sr de Damvilliers [pseud.] (A Liege, Chez Adolphe Beyers., 1667), by Pierre Nicole (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theatre. By the Rev. S. G. Winchester. (Philadelphia. W. S. Martien, 1840), by Samuel Gover Winchester (page images at HathiTrust)
• The relation of public amusements to public morality, especially of the theatre to the highest interests of humanity : an address, delivered at the Academy of Music, New York, before "The American Dramatic Fund Society," for the benefit of the fund / by Henry W. Bellows ... (New York : C.S. Francis & Co., 1857), by Henry W. Bellows (page images at HathiTrust)
• De teatri antichi, e moderni; trattato in cui diversi punti morali appartenenti a teatro si mettono del tutto in chiaro. Con la qual occasione risponde al P. Daniele Concina, chi vien ora in tal materia cosi fieramente attaccato da lui. (Verona, A. Carattoni, 1754), by Scipione Maffei (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. William Prynn his defence of stage-plays, or A retractation of a former book of his called Histrio-Mastix. London, printed in the year 1649. ([Greenwich, Conn., The Literary Collector Press, 1905]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettres sur les spectacles; avec une histoire des ouvrages pour & contre les théâtres. (Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1780), by Charles Desprez de Boissy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettre à M. d'Alembert sur les spectacles : publiée avec une introduction, un sommaire, des apprendices et des notes historiques et grammaticales / par L. Brunel. (Paris : Hachette, 1922), by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Plays and Puritans, and other historical essays. (London, New York, Macmillan, 1890), by Charles Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dramatic synopsis, containing an essay on the political and moral use of a theatre; involving remarks on the dramatic writers of the present day, and strictures on the performers of the two theatres. By Thomas Gilliland ... (London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co.; Symonds; Jordan and Maxwell [etc.], [1804]), by Thomas Gilliland (page images at HathiTrust)
• A defence of the drama, containing Mansel's Free thoughts, extracts from the most celebrated writers, and a discourse on the lawfulness & unlawfulness of plays, by the celebrated father Caffaro ... (New-York, G. Champley, 1826) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theatre: an essay upon the non-accordancy of stage-plays with the Christian profession. By Josiah W. Leeds. (Philadelphia, The author, 1886), by Josiah W. Leeds (page images at HathiTrust)
• The plagiary "warned" : a vindication of the drama, the stage, and public morals, from the plagiarisms and compilations of the Rev. John Angell James in a letter to the author. (Birmingham, England ; J. Drake, 1824), by Joseph Parkes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Propos de théâtre. La morale au théâtre--Aristophane--Sophocle--Théâtre indien--Shakspeare--Corneille--Molière--Racine--Racine et Sarcey. (Paris, Société française d'imprimerie et de librairie, 1903), by Emile Faguet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dissertation sur la condemnation des théâtres. (A Paris : Chez N. Pepingue, 1666), by François-Hédelin Aubignac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des comédiens, et du clergé; suivi de réflexions sur le mandement de monseigneur l'archevêque de Rouen ... (Paris, Chez P. Dupont, 1825), by Etienne-Félix Hénin de Cuvillers (page images at HathiTrust)
• A defence of poetry, (London, Printed for the Shakespeare society, 1853), by Thomas Lodge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amusements in the light of reason, history, and revelation. (Cincinnati, Walden and Stowe; New York, Phillips and Hunt, [c1882]), by Samuel Milton Vernon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sentimenti di s. Carlo Borromeo intorno agli spettacoli ... (Bergamo, Appresso P. Lancellotti, 1759), by Giovanni Battista Castiglione (page images at HathiTrust)
• Playes confuted in fiue actions, prouing that they are not to be suffred in a Christian common weale ... by Steph. Gosson ... (London : T. Gosson, [1582]), by Stephen Gosson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Second and third blast of retrait from plaies and theaters: the one whereof was sounded by a reuerend byshop dead long since; the other by a worshipful and zealous gentleman now alive ... set forth by Anglo-phile Eutheo. ([London : Imprinted by H. Denham], 1580), by Anthony Munday (page images at HathiTrust)
• The English drama and stage under the Tudor and Stuart princes, 1543-1664. Illustrated by a series of documents, treatises, and poems. With a pref. and index. (New York : B. Franklin, [1969]), by William Carew Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The works of Armand de Bovrbon, prince of Conti... With a short account of his life [by M. Voisin] Tr. from the French. also, A discourse of Christian perfection by the archbishop of Cambray, and some other pieces, by which may appear, how little the life of a player, and the diversion of the play-house in its present state is consistent with the profession of Christianity. (London, Printed for W. B[ray] and sold by S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1713), by Armand de Bourbon Conti (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of the most illustrious and pious Armand de Bourbon, prince of Conti. With a short account of his life. Collected and tr. from the French. To which are added some other pieces, and a discourse of Christian perfection, by the Archbishop of Cambray, never before published. (London, Printed by C.P. for W. Bray, 1711), by Armand de Bourbon Conti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pourquoi les pères de l'église ont condamné le théâtre de leur temps / par J.-B. Eriau. (Paris : H. Champion, 1914), by Jean-Baptiste Eriau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lettre a M. d'Alembert sur les spectacles. ([Paris] : Librairie Hachette, 1910), by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The English drama and stage under the Tudor and Stuart princes 1543-1664 : illustrated by a series of documents, treatises and poems, with a preface and index. ([London] : Printed for the Roxburghe Library, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Was Thomas Lodge an actor? : an exposition touching the social status of the playwright in the time of Queen Elizabeth / by C.M. Ingleby ... (London : Printed for the Author, by Richard Barrett and Sons ..., 1868), by C. M. Ingleby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A warning to professors; containing aphoristic observations on the nature and tendency of public amusements. (London : Printd by J. Hartnell; sold by M. Jones, 1805), by Rowland Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• A defence of the stage, (Dublin, Milliken and son, 1839), by John William Cole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il teatro / Geremia Bonomelli. (Cremona : Tip. editrice G. Foroni, 1899), by Geremia Bonomelli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theatrical entertainments; a premium tract, by William S. Plumer. (Philadelphia, American Baptist Publication and S.S. Society, 1837?), by William S. Plumer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die moderne bühne und die sïttlichkeit. (Berlin : Rehtwisch & Seeler, 1891), by Karl Friedrich Jordan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Du roman et du théatre contemporains et de leur influence sur les moeurs. (Paris : A. Durand, 1857), by Eugene Poitou (page images at HathiTrust)
• De l'influence des moeurs sur la comédie : discours suivi de deux études sur les roles du Misanthrope et du Tartufe. (Paris : Dauvin et Fontaine, 1848), by Adrien Perlet (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the character and influence of the stage on morals and happiness. By John Styles. (London, Williams and Smith, 1807), by John Styles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pulpit and the stage ; or, The two itinerancies. An historic, biographic, philosophic miscellany / by One who knows. (Nashville, Tenn. : Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1860), by Charles Booth Parsons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte der vorstellungen von der sittlichkeit des schauspiels, von Carl Friedrich Staudlin. (Gottingen, C.E. Rosenbusch, 1823), by Carl Friedrich Stäudlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber den sittlichen Einfluss der Schaubühne, von J. H. von Wessenberg ... (Constanz, W. Wallis, 1825), by Ignaz Heinrich Karl Wessenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• A defence of poetry, music, and stage-plays, by Thomas Lodge, of Lincoln's Inn. To which are added, by the same author, An alarum against usurers; and The delectable history of Forbonius and Prisceria. With introduction and notes. (London, Printed for the Shakespeare society, 1853), by Thomas Lodge (page images at HathiTrust)
• May I go to the theatre? a discourse delivered in Baltimore, before the Society of the Church of the Savio[u]r. Sunday evening, Feb'y 5th, 1871. By Jno. F.W. Ware. (Baltimore, Sun printing office, [1871]), by John F. W. Ware (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ethical and religious value of the drama / by Ramsden Balmforth. (New York : Adelphi, 1926), by Ramsden Balmforth (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon concerning theatres and theatre-going, preached Sunday evening, Jan. 22, 1871, at the Congregational Church, Baltimore. Printed without request. (Baltimore, The Sun Book and Job Printing Office, 1871), by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Walter Raleigh and his time, with other papers. By Charles Kingsley. (Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1859), by Charles Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The problem-play and its influence on modern thought and life, by Ramsden Balmforth. (New York, H. Holt and company, 1928), by Ramsden Balmforth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theater : a discourse delivered in the Unitarian church, Cincinnati, O., on June 7, 1857 / By M. D. Conway. (Cincinnati : Truman & Spofford, 1857), by Moncure Daniel Conway (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the character and influence of the stage, by John Styles ... (London, Printed for Williams and Son, 1815), by John Styles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Du roman et du théatre contemporains et de leur influence sur les moeurs par m. Eugène Poitou ... (Paris, A. Durand, 1858), by Eugene Poitou (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr William Prynn, his defense of stage-plays, or, A retractation of a former book of his called Histrio-Mastix. (London, [Greenwich, Conn., Reprinted, The Literary collector press, 1649) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pierce Penniless's supplication to the Devil. By Thomas Nash. From the first edition of 1592, compared with later impressions. With an introduction and notes, by J. Payne Collier. (London, Reprinted for the Shakespeare society, 1842), by Thomas Nash (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sentido moral del teatro : discurso / escrito por Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto, individuo de número de la Real Academia Española y leido en la junta pública inaugural de 1868. (Madrid : M. Rivadeneyra, 1868), by Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto (page images at HathiTrust)
• A defence of the stage; or, An inquiry into the real qualities of theatrical entertainments, their scope and tendency, being a reply to a sermon entitled "The evil of theatrical amusements, stated and illustrated" ... by the Rev. Dr. John B. Bennett, including an examination of the authorities on which that sermon is founded. By John William Calcraft.[pseud.] (Dublin, Milliken, 1839), by John William Cole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Th' overthrow of stage playes [by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes] 1599, by John Rainolds. Reproduced for The early modern English dictionary. (Ann Arbor, Edwards brothers, 1931), by John Rainolds (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les théâtres du boulevard du Crime. Cabinets galants.--Cabarets.--Théâtres.--Cirques.--Bateleurs. De Nicolet à Déjazet (1752-1862). Ouvrage orné de 3 planches hors texte et d'un plan du boulevard du Temple. (Paris, H. Daragon, 1905), by Henri Beaulieu (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The drama vindicated : with copious notes / by John Denman ... (Cambridge : W.H. Smith, 1835), by J. D. Denman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plays and Puritans, and other historical essays, (London, Macmillan and co., 1873), by Charles Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust)

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