Overthrow of Stage-Playes
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Overthrow of Stage-Playes is a late 16th-century Puritan polemical treatise by John Rainolds that denounces the moral and religious dangers of theatrical performances.
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| Overthrow of Stage-Playes canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Puritan treatise
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anti-theatrical tract ⓘ polemical treatise ⓘ |
| aim |
to argue that stage plays corrupt morals
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to argue that stage plays endanger religion ⓘ to warn Christians against attending plays ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | John Rainolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Rainolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizes |
professional actors
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public theatre ⓘ spectator amusement ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
literary history
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religious ethics ⓘ theatre history ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
moral polemic
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religious polemic ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Elizabethan era
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English Renaissance theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
English Protestants
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Puritan readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English anti-theatrical tradition ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
morality
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religion ⓘ stage plays ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| movement | Puritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnTheatre |
denounces stage plays as morally dangerous
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denounces stage plays as religiously dangerous ⓘ opposes theatrical performances ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective |
Protestant
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Puritan NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformed ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Calvinist Protestantism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
idolatry
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sin ⓘ worldliness ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early modern England ⓘ |
| workTitle | Overthrow of Stage-Playes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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