Name." In any event, both 'A Representation' and 'Some Thoughts' stem
from the renewed opposition to the stage which arose in the winter of
1703-1704 and were activated in part by the belief that the great storm
of 1703 was a judgment brought on England by, among other faults, the
licentiousness of the stage.

Both of the items printed in this issue are reproduced, with permission,
from copies in the library of the University of Michigan.

Emmett L. Avery
State College of Washington




A
REPRESENTATION
OF THE
Impiety & Immorality
OF THE
English Stage,


WITH
Reasons for putting a Stop thereto: and some Questions Addrest to those
who frequent the Play-Houses.


The Third Edition.