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| | §13. The Controversy at the Universities. XIV. The Puritan Attack upon the Stage. Vol. 6. The Drama to 1642, Part ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | When, therefore, William Gager of Christ Church, a well known Latin dramatist, and John Rainolds, an eminent theologian, afterwards president of Corpus Christi, crossed swords, in 1592, on the subject of the propriety of the academic play, they were fighting over old ground. |
 | | Unknown to Gager, Rainolds had used many of these very arguments in the letter in which he had refused the invitation, and he naturally supposed that their reproduction was intended as a personal insult to himself. |
 | | While valiantly defending himself and his young actors from the aspersions of Rainolds, he admits the worst his opponent has to say about common playes. As an occasional recreation for learned gentlemen, acting received his highest praise; as a regular means of livelihood, it was regarded with scorn. |
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