The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Histrio-Mastix

Davies, Theodore. "Histrio-Mastix." New York Saturday Press, September 30, 1865, 132-133.
Electronic Source Available
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.