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Histrio-Mastix

Davies, Theodore. "Histrio-Mastix." New York Saturday Press. 30 Sep. 1865: 132-133.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
literary criticism
Abstract: 

In the early 17th century a Puritan penned a ferocious work, over 1000 pages in length, declaiming all public plays and other processions. He was fined an immense sum for his opinions.