Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes
Subtitle: wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections aunswered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the iudgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easelie be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onely vnlawfull to bee an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Wherevnto are added also and annexed in th'end certeine latine letters betwixt the sayed Maister Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed by Richard Schilders
Published: 1599
Place of publication: Middelburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Theater; Moral and ethical aspects; Early works to 1800
Notes: Printer's name and place of publication from STC.

Title vignette.

Pages 165 & 166-191 misnumbered 264 & 165-190.

Reissued the following year with imprint: Middelbvrgh, Imprinted by Richard Schilders. 1600.

Contains "The printer to the reader"; "Maister D. Rainolds aunswere vnto Maister D. Gager, concerning theater-sights, stage-playes, &c." dated Jul. 10. 1592; "Vnto this maister D. Gager replying and desiring Maister Rainoldes to forbeare, Maister Rainoldes did reioine as followeth" dated 30th of May. 1593; "Ioanni Rainoldo ... Albericus Gentilis, S." etc.

STC (2nd ed.) 20616.

Bound in dark-brown morocco with raised bands on spine.