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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698), by Anonymous, et al, Edited by H. T. Swedenberg, Jr. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) Author: Anonymous Release Date: November 15, 2004 [eBook #14047] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LETTER TO A.H. ESQ.; CONCERNING THE STAGE (1698) AND THE OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. IX (1698)*** E-text prepared by David Starner and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Note: H. T. Swedenberg, Jr. (1906-1978) was a professor at the University of California (Los Angeles). In 1946 he, Edward N. Hooker, and Richard C. Boys founded the Augustan Reprint Society, with Swedenberg as general editor. The Society reprinted many rare works, drawn largely from the collections of the University of California's library. The two anonymous essays here were part of a series of essays on the stage. Series Three: Essays on the Stage No. 1 A LETTER TO A.H. ESQ; CONCERNING THE STAGE (1698) and THE OCCASIONAL PAPER: NO. IX (1698) With an Introduction by H. T. Swedenberg, Jr. The Augustan Reprint Society September, 1946 Price: 75c Membership in the Augustan Reprint Society entitles the subscriber to six publications issued each year. The annual membership fee is $2.50. Address subscriptions and communications to The Augustan Reprint Society in care of the General Editors: Richard C. Boys, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; or Edward N. Hooker or H.T. Swedenberg, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles 24, California. Editorial Advisors: Louis I. Bredvold, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and James L. Clifford, Columbia University, New York. INTRODUCTION In the spring of 1698 the rumblings against the excesses of the English stage broke into a roar with the publication of Jeremy Collier's _Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage_. A wild joyousness marked Collier's attack,
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