Excerpt from The Controversy Between the Puritans and the Stage, Vol. 20Chapter 1. Plato and the Fathers, Chapter 2. English Sentiment against the Stage, previous to the Establishment of Regular Theaters, (a) Early Church Sentiment, (6) Early English Hostility of Native Growth, (6) Causes of the Growth of this English Feeling, (d) Evidence of early Elizabethan Objection to the Stage, in Legislation and in Literature, (e) This Sentiment was maturing, but still moderate, Chapter 3. Northbrooke, the Leader of the Active Cam paign, Chapter 4. The Heat of the Controversy. - The Gosson Lodge Debate, Chapter 5. Philip Stubbes, Chapter 6 Minor Aspects of the Controversy of these Years, Chapter 7. The Academic Dispute, Chapter 8. The Theological Attack, Chapter 9. Indications of Public Sentiment, with further Causes for its Growth, Chapter 10. Legislation on the Stage, 1576 - 1603, Chapter 11. Summary, 1576-1603, Chapter 12. The Period of Calm, Chapter 13. Renewal of the Literary Contest, Chapter 14. Feeling behind this later Literary Campaign, Chapter 15. William Prynne, Chapter 16. Closing Years of the Controversy, Chapter 17. Conclusion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.