On Renascence Drama: Or History Made Visible (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from On Renascence Drama: Or History Made Visible

Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.
Secrets of religion,. Polity, and philosophy are involved in parables.

The political purpose of the renascence drama has never been defined. And yet for a patriotic object the series of plays so named were evidently written. The motive is avowed in prologue, epi logue, and induction; and everywhere throughout.

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Excerpt from On Renascence Drama: Or History Made Visible

It is a thing indeed, if practised professionally, of low repute; but if it be made a part of discipline, it is of excellent use: I mean stage-playing.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.