XPost: alt.usage.english
On 5/29/2024 3:38 AM, Ross Clark wrote:
"For the preuenting and auoyding of the great abuse of the holy Name of
God in Stage-playes, Interludes, Maygames, Shews and such like..."
Censorship directed, as it says, towards profane use of the name of God,
"or of Christ Jesus, or of the holy Ghost, or of the Trinitie...",
including expressions such as "Zounds!" (< God's wounds), which
technically do not actually contain the name.
Shakespeare was in his prime. Apparently this act helps to explain many textual differences between pre-1606 quarto editions of his plays and
the 1623 (posthumous) First Folio.
there was an interesting re-Creation of this in the PBS show....
They used Scarlet-Letter patches, etc.
Colonial House (TV series)
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Colonial_House_(TV_...
It aired on PBS in the United States and on Channel 4 in the United
Kingdom in 2004.
Colonial House. Also known as, Pioneer House. Genre, Reality. Directed
by ...
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