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The Puritan Audience in Jonson's Bartholomew Fair and Shirley's The Bird in a Cage

The Puritan Audience in Jonson's Bartholomew Fair and Shirley's The Bird in a Cage English L an g u ag e N otes V olum e XLIII ♦ N u m b e r 1 ♦ S e p te m b e r 2005 T H E PURITAN AUDIENCE IN JO N S O N ’S BA RTH O LO M E W FAIR AND SHIRLEY’S TH E BIRD I N A CAGE In practical terms, o n e o f th e greatest problem s fo r th e early m o d e rn stage was the belief th a t d ram a com prom ised virtue and encouraged vice, a belief th a t led to close scrutiny by civil a u th o r­ ities, official censorship, an d the persistent th re a t o f closure. The th e ater h ad its own ways o f responding to its critics, m any o f them Puritans, who dissem inated this belief: in plays such as M iddleton an d D ekker’s A Chaste Maid in Cheapside and Ben J o n s o n ’s The Alchemist, the stage itself becam e a m edium for satirizing Puritans. O th e r plays, such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

The Puritan Audience in Jonson's Bartholomew Fair and Shirley's The Bird in a Cage

Pastoor, Charles
English Language Notes , Volume 43 (1) – Sep 1, 2005
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English L an g u ag e N otes V olum e XLIII ♦ N u m b e r 1 ♦ S e p te m b e r 2005 T H E PURITAN AUDIENCE IN JO N S O N ’S BA RTH O LO M E W FAIR AND SHIRLEY’S TH E BIRD I N A CAGE In practical terms, o n e o f th e greatest problem s fo r th e early m o d e rn stage was the belief th a t d ram a com prom ised virtue and encouraged vice, a belief th a t led to close scrutiny by civil a u th o r­ ities, official censorship, an d the persistent th re a t o f closure. The th e ater h ad its own ways o f responding to its critics, m any o f them Puritans, who dissem inated this belief: in plays such as M iddleton an d D ekker’s A Chaste Maid in Cheapside and Ben J o n s o n ’s The Alchemist, the stage itself becam e a m edium for satirizing Puritans. O th e r plays, such

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English Language Notes – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2005

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