Poetic Justice in the Drama the History of An Ethical Principle in Literary Cri
Poetic Justice in the Drama the History of An Ethical Principle in Literary Cri
Michael a Quinlan
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No sooner had the Refor- mation started in Europe than the stage began to be used as a means of popularizing the new doctrine. Such a movement was, of course, checked effectively wherever the Catholic clergy had any power to do so. An illustration of this is to be found in a letter written by Thomas Wylley to the Lord Privy Seal of England about a year after Henry VIII. Broke away from the Church of Rome. The letter complains, says Collier, " that the priests . . . Would not allow * Ibid. , I. ..., p. Xvi. F Ibid. [ 751 POETIC JUSTICE IN THE DRAMA him to preach in their churches because he had made a play against the Pope's counsellors ... He also mentions in it several other dramatic perfor- mances of a religious character, of which he was the author, or which he was then composing. "* About eight years after this an act of Parliament, dated 1543, put an effectual stop to all plays that might be injurious to the Church of Rome. That the enact- ment should be favorable to the Church of Rome is very strange in view of the fact that it was pub- lished in the same year in which Henry married his last wife, Catherine Parr.
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