I have come to believe ... that the stage may do more than teach, that much of our current moral instruction will not endure the t
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Since I am upon this Subject, I must observe that our English Poets have succeeded much better in the Stile, than in the Sentiment
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But there is nothing which delights and terrifies our English Theatre so much as a Ghost, especially when he appears in a bloody S
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As a perfect Tragedy is the noblest Production of human Nature, so it is capable of giving the Mind one of the most delightful and
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But among all our Methods of moving Pity or Terror, there is none so absurd and barbarous, and what more exposes us to the Contemp
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The Taylor and the Painter often contribute to the Success of a Tragedy more than the Poet. Scenes affect ordinary Minds as much a
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We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design of Tragedy is to raise C
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The English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, th
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The Tragi-Comedy, which is the Product of the English Theatre, is one of the most monstrous Inventions that ever entered into a Po
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The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything--gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness--rediscovers its
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